DMRT1/Dmrt1, the sex determining or sex differentiating gene in vertebrata

Folia Biologica

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 81-86

  Bratuś, Anna ^a   Słota, Ewa ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION   (Poland)

Author keywords

DMRT1; Dmrt1; Sex determination; Sex differentiation; Vertebrate sexual development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DMRT1 GENE; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENOMICS; NONHUMAN; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33749632292     PISSN: 00155497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3409/173491606778557563     Document Type: Article

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