Transcriptional sexual dimorphism during preimplantation embryo development and its consequences for developmental competence and adult health and disease

Reproduction

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 563-570

  Bermejo Alvarez, P ^a   Rizos, D ^b   Lonergan, P ^c   Gutierrez Adan, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b INIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEATH; EPIGENETICS; GENDER BIAS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEALTH; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

BLASTOCYST; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SEX FACTORS; SEX RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79955831485     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-10-0482     Document Type: Review

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