Sexually dimorphic microRNA expression during chicken embryonic gonadal development

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 165-176

  Bannister, Stephanie C ^a,b,c   Tizard, Mark L V ^a   Doran, Timothy J ^a   Sinclair, Andrew H ^b,c   Smith, Craig A ^b,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chicken; Embryonic gonad; Gene regulation; microRNAs; MIR202*; Sex determination; Testis

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 202; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICK; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC MODEL; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GONADS; MALE; MICRORNAS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67649660524     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.108.074005     Document Type: Article

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