Novel female-specific splice form of dsx in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Genetica

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-31

  Shukla, Jayendra Nath ^a   Jadhav, Santosh ^a   Nagaraju, Javaregowda ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR DNA FINGERPRINTING AND DIAGNOSTICS   (India)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Doublesex; ESTs; SIT; Splicing

Indexed keywords

BOMBYX MORI; LEPIDOPTERA; SATURNIIDAE;

EID: 79251609222     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10709-010-9479-3     Document Type: Article

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