A key transcription cofactor on the nascent sex chromosomes of European tree frogs (Hyla arborea)

Genetics

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1721-1723

  Niculita Hirzel, H ^a   Stock M ^a   Perrin, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FROG; HYLA ARBOREA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME; ALLELE; ANIMAL; EUROPE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

HYLA ARBOREA;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EUROPE; MALE; RANIDAE; SEX CHROMOSOMES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 52049105344     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.108.090746     Document Type: Article

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