Demasculinization of the Anopheles gambiae X chromosome

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Magnusson, Kalle ^a   Lycett, Gareth J ^b   Mendes, Antonio M ^a   Lynd, Amy ^b   Papathanos, Philippos Aris ^a,c   Crisanti, Andrea ^a   Windbichler, Nikolai ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; demasculinization; dosage compensation; germline x chromosome inactivation; sexual antagonism

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; CHROMOSOME; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; MASCULINIZATION; META-ANALYSIS; MOSQUITO; PHYLOGENETICS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CULEX; DNA MICROARRAY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GENOMICS; GERM CELL; MALE; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; TRANSGENE; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULEX; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SILENCING; GENES, INSECT; GENOMICS; GERM CELLS; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; TRANSGENES; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 84861143976     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-12-69     Document Type: Article

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