Transcriptional dynamics of the sex chromosomes and the search for offspring sex-specific antigens in sperm

Reproduction

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 609-619

  Ellis, Peter J I ^a   Yu, Yong ^b   Zhang, Shujun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OFFSPRING SEX SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SPERM ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; CELL SEPARATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REVIEW; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX PRESELECTION; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 80355125859     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-11-0228     Document Type: Review

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