What makes an egg unique? Clues from evolutionary scenarios of egg-specific genes

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 893-900

  Tian, Xin ^a,b,c,d   Gautron, Joel ^e   Monget, Philippe ^a,b,c,d   Pascal, Géraldine ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^d Haras Nationaux   (France)

^e STATION DE RECHERCHES AVICOLES   (France)

Author keywords

Chicken; Developmental biology; Egg; Evolution; Female reproductive tract; G. Gallus; Gamete biology; Gene regulation; Ovalbumin; Ovocalyxin 32; Ovocalyxin 36; Ovocleidin 116; Ovum; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

APOVITELLENIN 1; EGG PROTEIN; OVALBUMIN; OVOCALYXIN 36; OVOCLEIDIN 116; RIBOFLAVIN BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITELLOGENIN;

EVOLUTION; FOWL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOSS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; EGG PROTEINS; EGGS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVIPARITY; OVUM;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78649925696     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.110.085019     Document Type: Short Survey

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