Sex-dependent gene expression in early brain development of chicken embryos

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Scholz, Birger ^a,b   Kultima, Kim ^a,b   Mattsson, Anna ^b   Axelsson, Jeanette ^b   Brunström, Björn ^b   Halldin, Krister ^c   Stigson, Michael ^a,b   Dencker, Lennart ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHICK EMBRYO; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHICK EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 33644643402     PISSN: 14712202     EISSN: 14712202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-7-12     Document Type: Article

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