Drosophila melanogaster male somatic cells feminized solely by Tra F can collaborate with female germ cells to make functional eggs

Genetics

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 631-642

  Evans, Daniel S ^a   Cline, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; GERM CELL; KARYOTYPE 45,X; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL; TRA F GENE; TRANSGENE; X CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME; CYTOLOGY; FEMINIZATION; FERTILITY; GENETICS; GONAD; HAPLOIDY; METABOLISM; OOCYTE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SXL PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; TRANSFORMER PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; FERTILITY; GENOTYPE; GERM CELLS; GONADS; HAPLOIDY; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OOGENESIS; OVUM; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 34247855904     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.106.066332     Document Type: Article

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