Sex chromosomes and sex determination in bombyx mori

Molecular Biology and Genetics of the Lepidoptera

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 65-88

  Abe, Hiroaki ^a   Fujii, Tsuguru ^b   Shimada, Toru ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420060201     Document Type: Chapter

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