Identification of mediator complex 26 (Crsp7) gametologs on platypus X1 and Y5 sex chromosomes: A candidate testis-determining gene in monotremes?

Chromosome Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 127-138

  Tsend Ayush, Enkhjargal ^a   Kortschak, R Daniel ^a   Bernard, Pascal ^b   Lim, Shu Ly ^a   Ryan, Janelle ^b   Rosenkranz, Ruben ^c   Borodina, Tatiana ^c   Dohm, Juliane C ^c,d   Himmelbauer, Heinz ^c,d   Harley, Vincent R ^b   Grützner, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^d CENTRE FOR GENOMIC REGULATION CRG   (Spain)

Author keywords

evolution; mammals; mediator complex; Ornithorhynchus anatinus; sex chromosomes; sex determination; Tachyglossus aculeatus; Y chromosomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MALE; MONOTREMATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLATYPUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SEX CHROMOSOME; SRY GENE; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; GENES, SRY; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; MEDIATOR COMPLEX; MICE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; PLATYPUS; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TESTIS; TRANSFECTION; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

MAMMALIA; MONOTREMATA; ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS; TACHYGLOSSUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 84857363306     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-011-9270-z     Document Type: Article

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