Characterisation of ATRX, DMRT1, DMRT7 and WT1 in the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 985-991

  Tsend Ayush, Enkhjargal ^a   Lim, Shu Ly ^a   Pask, Andrew J ^b,c   Hamdan, Diana Demiyah Mohd ^a   Renfree, Marilyn B ^b   Grützner, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Ovary; Sex chromosomes; Sex determination; Sexual differentiation; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATRX GENE; DMRT1 GENE; DMRT7 GENE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE; MONOTREMATE; NONHUMAN; ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS; PLATYPUS; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SRY GENE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; WT1 GENE;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA HELICASES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; PLATYPUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WT1 PROTEINS;

AVES; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONOTREMATA; ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS; THERIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 71049133279     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD09090     Document Type: Article

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