Sox8 is expressed at similar levels in gonads of both sexes during the sex determining period in turtles

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 231, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 387-395

  Takada, Shuji ^a   DiNapoli, Leo ^b   Capel, Blanche ^b   Koopman, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amh; Sox8; Sox9; Temperature dependent sex determination

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EGG; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GONAD; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TEMPERATURE; TURTLE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; GONADS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTICULAR HORMONES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TURTLES;

MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SALMONIDAE; TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS;

EID: 4544245818     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20132     Document Type: Article

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