Molecular characterization of the key switch F provides a basis for understanding the rapid divergence of the sex-determining pathway in the housefly

Genetics

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 155-170

  Hediger, Monika ^a   Henggeler, Caroline ^a   Meier, Nicole ^a   Perez, Regina ^a   Saccone, Giuseppe ^b   Bopp, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; EGG; EVOLUTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOUSE FLY; MALE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ZYGOTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANEUPLOIDY; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, SWITCH; HOUSEFLIES; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHERS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); TIME FACTORS; TSETSE FLIES;

GLOSSINA (GENUS); GLOSSINA MORSITANS; HEXAPODA; MUSCA DOMESTICA;

EID: 74249121139     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.109.109249     Document Type: Article

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