Sex dimorphic expression of five dmrt genes identified in the Atlantic cod genome. The fish-specific dmrt2b diverged from dmrt2a before the fish whole-genome duplication

Gene

Volumn 505, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 221-232

  Johnsen, Hanne ^a   Andersen, Øivind ^a,b  

^a NOFIMA   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Gene loss; Genome duplication; Paralogon; Sex determination; Synteny

Indexed keywords

DOUBLESEX AND MAB 3 RELATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DOUBLESEX AND MAB 3 RELATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; DOUBLESEX AND MAB 3 RELATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2A; DOUBLESEX AND MAB 3 RELATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2B; DOUBLESEX AND MAB 3 RELATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 3; DOUBLESEX AND MAB 3 RELATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; DOUBLESEX AND MAB 3 RELATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC COD; BRAIN; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FISH GENETICS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DOSAGE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GONAD; LARVA; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SYNTENY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GADUS MORHUA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, DUPLICATE; GENOME; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SYNTENY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

DANIO RERIO; GADUS MORHUA; METAZOA; TELEOSTEI; TETRAODONTIDAE; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84864132070     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.06.021     Document Type: Article

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