Genetic variation for expression of the sex determination pathway genes in Drosophila melanogaster

Genetical Research

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-40

  Tarone, Aaron M ^a   Nasser, Yaseen M ^a   Nuzhdin, Sergey V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; YOLK PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DOUBLESEX GENE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERMAPHRODITE GENE; INSECT GENETICS; INTERSEX GENE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX LETHAL GENE; TRANSFORMER 2 GENE; YOLK PROTEIN 1 GENE;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS); VITELLOGENINS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 26444538969     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672305007706     Document Type: Article

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