Sciara as an experimental model for studies on the evolutionary relationships between the zygotic, maternal and environmental primary signals for sexual development

Journal of Genetics

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 325-331

  Sánchez, Lucas ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

chromosome elimination; chromosome imprinting; environmental sex determination; evolution of sex determining mechanisms; maternal sex determination; Sciara; zygotic sex determination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FLY; GENDER AND SEX; GENETICS; GENOME IMPRINTING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; X CHROMOSOME; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DIPTERA; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; X CHROMOSOME; ZYGOTE;

DIPTERA; SCIARA;

EID: 78349296742     PISSN: 00221333     EISSN: 09737731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12041-010-0044-8     Document Type: Review

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