Genomic imprinting and maternal effect genes in haplodiploid sex determination

Sexual Development

Volumn 8, Issue 1-3, 2014, Pages 74-82

  Van De Zande, L ^a   Verhulst, E C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

doublesex; Genomic imprinting; Haplodiploidy; Maternal effect; Nasonia; Sex determination; transformer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DNA METHYLATION; GENE; GENETICS; GENOME IMPRINTING; HYMENOPTERA; PLOIDY; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; GENES, INSECT; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HYMENOPTERA; PLOIDIES; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES;

APIS MELLIFERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; NASONIA; NASONIA VITRIPENNIS;

EID: 84897027569     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000357146     Document Type: Article

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