Genomics of sex determination in drosophila

Briefings in Functional Genomics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 387-394

  Clough, Emily ^a   Oliver, Brian ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Effector; Selector; Sex determination; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; JANUS KINASE; STAT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; GAMETE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; INSECT GENETICS; INSECT GENOME; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; REGULATOR GENE; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSLATION; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOMATIC CELL GENETICS; STOP CODON; TRUNK; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; GENOME, INSECT; GENOMICS; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES;

EID: 84867126623     PISSN: 20412649     EISSN: 20412657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/els019     Document Type: Article

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