The silkworm Z chromosome is enriched in testis-specific genes

Genetics

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 493-501

  Arunkumar, K P ^a   Mita, Kazuei ^b   Nagaraju, J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR DNA FINGERPRINTING AND DIAGNOSTICS   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SILKWORM; TESTIS; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOLOGY; CHROMOSOME MAP; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

BOMBYX MORI;

ANIMALS; BOMBYX; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, INSECT; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; SEX CHROMOSOMES; TESTIS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 68949215578     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.108.099994     Document Type: Article

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