Differential regulation drives plasticity in sex determination gene networks

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  MacCarthy, Thomas ^a,b   Seymour, Robert M ^a   Pomiankowski, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INSECT; MUTATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLYMORPHISM; SEX DETERMINATION;

HEXAPODA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; MUTATION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENETIC FITNESS; GENOTYPE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES;

EID: 78650129235     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-388     Document Type: Article

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