Phylogeny of the sex-determining gene Sex-lethal in insects

Genome

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 254-262

  Traut, Walther ^a   Niimi, Teruyuki ^b   Ikeo, Kazuho ^c   Sahara, Ken ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acyrtosiphon; Aedes; Anopheles; Apis; Bombyx; CG3056; Drosophila; Drosophila erecta; Drosophila melanogaster; Drosophila pseudoobscura; Gene duplication; Lucilia; Megaselia; Musca; Sciarids; Sex determination; Sxl; Tribolium

Indexed keywords

DNA; INSECT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; GENE; GENETICS; GENOME; INSECT; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA; EXONS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; GENOME; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECTS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS);

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; DROSOPHILA ERECTA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA; DROSOPHILIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PISUM; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 33745553986     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g05-107     Document Type: Article

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