Molecular analysis of sex chromosome-linked mutants in the silkworm Bombyx mori

Journal of Genetics

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 365-374

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

morphological traits; mutants; W chromosome; Z chromosome

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MUTATION; POLYPLOIDY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME; SILKWORM;

ANIMALS; BOMBYX; FEMALE; MALE; MUTATION; POLYPLOIDY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEX CHROMOSOMES;

BOMBYX MORI; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 78349264172     PISSN: 00221333     EISSN: 09737731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12041-010-0048-4     Document Type: Review

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