Re-analysis of the larval testis data on meiotic sex chromosome inactivation revealed evidence for tissue-specific gene expression related to the drosophila X chromosome

BMC Biology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Vibranovski, Maria D ^a   Zhang, Yong E ^a,b   Kemkemer, Claus ^a   Lopes, Hedibert F ^c   Karr, Timothy L ^d   Long, Manyuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; NOTE; X CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, X-LINKED; MALE; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 84861978104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-10-49     Document Type: Letter

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