Sequence analysis and mapping of the Sry gene in species of the subfamily arvicolinae (Rodentia)

Sexual Development

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 336-347

  Acosta, M J ^a   Marchal, J A ^a   Romero Fernandez I ^a   Megias Nogales B ^b   Modi, W S ^c   Sanchez A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arvicolinae; Multiple copies; Sex chromosomes; Sry gene

Indexed keywords

ARVICOLINAE; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS CABRERAE; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

HIGH MOBILITY GROUP B PROTEIN; TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; EUROPE; HMGB PROTEINS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78049329326     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319195     Document Type: Article

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