Detection of olfactory receptor transcripts in bird testes

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 624-628

  Steiger, Silke S ^a   Fidler, Andrew E ^b   Kempenaers, Bart ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; BIRDS; CHICKENS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MALE; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTIS;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 54249119952     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esn051     Document Type: Article

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