Molecular cloning and sexually dimorphic expression of DM-domain genes in Daphnia magna

Genomics

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 94-101

  Kato, Yasuhiko ^a   Kobayashi, Kaoru ^a   Oda, Shigeto ^b   Colbourn, John K ^c   Tatarazako, Norihisa ^b   Watanabe, Hajime ^a   Iguchi, Taisen ^a  

^a OKAZAKI INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOSCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Daphnia magna; Ovary; Sex differentiation; Specific expression; Testis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTIS;

DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 37349118111     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: 10898646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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