Sex Differences in Structure and Expression of the Sex Chromosome Genes CHD1Z and CHD1W in Zebra Finches

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 384-396

  Agate, Robert J ^a,b   Choe, Meeryo ^a   Arnold, Arthur P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; CHD; Sex chromosomes; Sexual differentiation; Songbird

Indexed keywords

DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CPG ISLAND; DNA FLANKING REGION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

5' FLANKING REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SONGBIRDS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FRINGILLIDAE; PASSERI; TAENIOPYGIA; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 1542376763     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msh027     Document Type: Article

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