The Regulation and Evolution of a Genetic Switch Controlling Sexually Dimorphic Traits in Drosophila

Cell

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 610-623

  Williams, Thomas M ^a   Selegue, Jane E ^a   Werner, Thomas ^a   Gompel, Nicolas ^b   Kopp, Artyom ^c   Carroll, Sean B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DEVBIO; DNA; EVO_ECOL

Indexed keywords

BAB PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HOX PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 49549112519     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2008.06.052     Document Type: Article

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