The evolution of the search for novel genes in mammalian sex determination: From mice to men

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 67-71

  Arboleda, Valerie A ^a   Vilain, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disorders of sex development; Next generation sequencing; Sex determination; Targeted sequencing

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; EXOME; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMALS; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 80052538812     PISSN: 10967192     EISSN: 10967206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2011.06.024     Document Type: Review

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