Expression of Sox9, Mis, and Dmrt1 in the gonad of a species with temperature-dependent sex determination

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 236, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1055-1063

  Shoemaker, Christina ^a   Ramsey, Mary ^a   Queen, Joanna ^a   Crews, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dmrt1; Mis; Reptile; Sox9; Temperature dependent sex determination; Testis differentiation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DMRT1 GENE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MIS GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SOX9 GENE; SPECIES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARRIER PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GONADS; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TURTLES;

MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34247345849     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21096     Document Type: Article

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