A ZZ/ZW-type sex determination in xenopus laevis

FEBS Journal

Volumn 278, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1020-1026

  Yoshimoto, Shin ^a   Ito, Michihiko ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

amphibian; anti testis; DM W; DMRT1; frog; masculinization; neofunctionalization; sex determining gene; W chromosome

Indexed keywords

DOUBLESEX AND MAB 3 RELATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; PROTEIN; PROTEIN DM W; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPHIBIA; CELL MATURATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DM W GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; GENOTYPE; GERM CELL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENE; XENOPUS LAEVIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; GONADS; MALE; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 79952855274     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2011.08031.x     Document Type: Review

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