The platelet-derived growth factor signaling system in snapping turtle embryos, Chelydra serpentina: Potential role in temperature-dependent sex determination and testis development

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 335-343

  Rhen, Turk ^a   Jangula, Adam ^a   Schroeder, Anthony ^a   Woodward Bosh, Rikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonad development; Pdgf; Reptile; Temperature dependent sex determination

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; MESSENGER RNA; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR A; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR B; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HATCHLING; HEART; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; INTESTINE; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUSCLE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TURTLE;

EID: 63449133915     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.01.014     Document Type: Article

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