Isolation and characterization of Doublesex homologues in the Bactrocera species: B. dorsalis (Hendel) and B. correcta (Bezzi) and their putative promoter regulatory regions

Genetica

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 113-127

  Permpoon, Rattiya ^a   Aketarawong, Nidchaya ^a   Thanaphum, Sujinda ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bactrocera correcta; Bactrocera dorsalis; dsx core promoter; Genetic sexing; SIT

Indexed keywords

BACTROCERA CORRECTA; BACTROCERA DORSALIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; PSIDIUM; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 79251608678     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10709-010-9508-2     Document Type: Article

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