Getting a full dose? reconsidering sex chromosome dosage compensation in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 491-504

  Walters, James R ^a   Hardcastle, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Female heterogamety; Lepidoptera; Microarray; Sex chromosomes

Indexed keywords

AVES; BOMBYCIDAE; BOMBYX MORI; LEPIDOPTERA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SILKWORM;

ANIMALS; BOMBYX; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, INSECT; GENETIC LOCI; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX CHROMOSOMES;

EID: 80052353175     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evr036     Document Type: Article

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