Chapter 1 Somatic Sexual Differentiation in Caenorhabditis elegans

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 83, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-39

  Wolff, Jennifer Ross ^a   Zarkower, David ^b  

^a CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Dosage compensation; GLI; Hox; Sex determination; Sexual differentiation; Somatic; tra 1; xol 1

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 57949087526     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0070-2153(08)00401-8     Document Type: Review

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