Z and W chromosomes of chickens: Studies on their gene functions in sex determination and sex differentiation

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 99, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 236-244

  Mizuno, S ^a   Kunita, R ^b   Nakabayashi, O ^b   Kuroda, Y ^b   Arai, N ^b   Harata, M ^b   Ogawa, A ^b   Itoh, Y ^b   Teranishi, M ^b   Hori, T ^b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CYTOCHROME P450; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOPROTEIN; GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR; IRON REGULATORY FACTOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; RNA; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE; VITELLOGENIN;

BIRD; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE NUMBER; GENE TARGETING; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SRY GENE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; VERTEBRATE; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 10744223597     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071599     Document Type: Review

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