Everything you always wanted to know about sex⋯in flies

Sexual Development

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 315-320

  Arbeitman, M N ^a   Kopp, A ^b   Siegal, M L ^c   Van Doren, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Gene regulation; Genome evolution; microRNA; Reproductive physiology; Sex chromosomes; Sex determination; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

MICRORNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEX; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, INSECT; HUMANS; MALE; MICRORNAS; MODELS, ANIMAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 78049350670     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000320632     Document Type: Conference Paper

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