Characterization of Prdm9 in Equids and Sterility in Mules

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Steiner, Cynthia C ^a   Ryder, Oliver A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; EQUUS ASINUS; EQUUS BURCHELLI; EQUUS CABALLUS; EQUUS GREVYI; EQUUS HEMIONUS; EQUUS KIANG; EQUUS PRZEWALSKII; EQUUS ZEBRA; GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORSE; HYBRID; INFERTILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRDM9 GENE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; EQUIDAE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS HEMIONUS; EQUUS KIANG; EQUUS SUBG. HIPPOTIGRIS; MAMMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; VERTEBRATA;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EQUIDAE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; INFERTILITY; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84876445130     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061746     Document Type: Article

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