An epigenetic switch of the brain sex as a basis of gendered behavior in drosophila

Advances in Genetics

Volumn 86, Issue , 2014, Pages 45-63

  Sato, Kosei ^a   Yamamoto, Daisuke ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Doublesex; Drosophila; Fruitless; Neural sex determination; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84906777828     PISSN: 00652660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-800222-3.00003-6     Document Type: Chapter

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