Doublesex establishes sexual dimorphism in the Drosophila central nervous system in an isoform-dependent manner by directing cell number

Developmental Biology

Volumn 320, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 378-390

  Sanders, Laura E ^a   Arbeitman, Michelle N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nervous system; Sex hierarchy; Sexual development

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DROSOPHILA; DSX GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 48849101789     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.05.543     Document Type: Article

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