Expression of putative sex-determining genes during the thermosensitive period of gonad development in the snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina

Sexual Development

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 255-270

  Rhen, T ^a   Metzger, K ^a   Schroeder, A ^a   Woodward, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Aromatase; Dax1; Dmrt1; Estrogen receptor ; Fgf9; Foxl2; Sox9; Steroidogenic factor 1; Temperature dependent sex determination

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AROMATASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 9; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR DAX 1; PROTEIN FOXL2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DMRT1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HATCHING; HEAT SENSITIVITY; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; MALE; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEX DETERMINATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GONADS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TURTLES;

AMNIOTA; CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34547745384     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000104775     Document Type: Article

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