Cloning and expression of candidate sexual development genes in the cane toad (Bufo marinus)

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 238, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2430-2441

  Abramyan, John ^a   Feng, Chun Wei ^a   Koopman, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Cane toad; Dmrt1; Gonad; Sex determination; Sox9

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYP19A1 GENE; DMRT1 GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL GENE; SOX9 GENE; TISSUE SECTION; TOAD; VERTEBRATE;

AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANIMALS; BUFO MARINUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANURA; BUFO MARINUS; BUFONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70349097306     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22055     Document Type: Article

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