Characterization of novel genes expressed specifically in the sexual organs of the planarian Dugesia ryukyuensis

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 345-349

  Hase, Sumitaka ^a   Kashiwagi, Emiko ^a   Kobayashi, Kazuya ^a,b   Hoshi, Motonori ^a,c   Matsumoto, Midori ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Planarian; Point of no return; Sexualization; Testis; Yolk gland

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; F BOX PROTEIN; RIBOSEPHOSPHATE PYROPHOSPHOKINASE; SPROUTY PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; DUGESIA RYUKYUENSIS; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TURBELLARIA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENES, HELMINTH; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARY; PLANARIANS; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTIS;

BDELLOCEPHALA BRUNNEA; DUGESIA RYUKYUENSIS; PLANARIA;

EID: 34347205993     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.062267sh     Document Type: Article

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