Sex chromosomes and sex determination in reptiles: Commentary

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 660-665

  Modi, William S ^a   Crews, David ^b  

^a SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; BIRD; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; LIZARD; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; VERTEBRATE;

AMNIOTA; ANOLIS CAROLINENSIS; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 27444433494     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2005.09.009     Document Type: Article

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