Chapter 4 Drosophila Germline Sex Determination: Integration of Germline Autonomous Cues and Somatic Signals

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 83, Issue , 2008, Pages 109-150

  Hempel, Leonie U ^a   Kalamegham, Rasika ^b   Smith III, John E ^a   Oliver, Brian ^a  

^a National Institutes of Health ^*

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; GENETICS; GERM CELL; MALE; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; MALE; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 58049200576     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0070-2153(08)00404-3     Document Type: Review

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