Avian sex, sex chromosomes, and dosage compensation in the age of genomics

Chromosome Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-57

  Graves, Jennifer A Marshall ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chromosome organization; Chromosome pairing; Sex determination; X inactivation; ZW chromosomes

Indexed keywords

DMRT1 PROTEIN; HISTIDINE TRIAD NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN 1; PROTEIN MLH1; RESPONDIN 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT4 PROTEIN;

BIRD; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOMICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SRY GENE; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; Y CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; SEX; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SEX; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84900417384     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-014-9409-9     Document Type: Review

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