Sex-linked transcription factor involved in a shift of sex-pheromone preference in the silkmoth Bombyx mori

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 44, 2011, Pages 18038-18043

  Fujii, Tsuguru ^a   Fujii, Takeshi ^a   Namiki, Shigehiro ^b   Abe, Hiroaki ^c   Sakurai, Takeshi ^b   Ohnuma, Akio ^d   Kanzaki, Ryohei ^b   Katsuma, Susumu ^a   Ishikawa, Yukio ^c   Shimadaa, Toru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d Institute of Sericulture   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atavism; Food preference; Olfactory receptor; Speciation; Z chromosome

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COURTSHIP; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOMICS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILKWORM;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BOMBYX; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ODORS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BOMBYX MORI; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 81055141486     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1107282108     Document Type: Article

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