Sexually dimorphic gene expression emerges with embryonic genome activation and is dynamic throughout development

BMC Genomics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Lowe, Robert ^a   Gemma, Carolina ^a   Rakyan, Vardhman K ^a   Holland, Michelle L ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Development; Epigenetics; Gene expression; Mammalian; Mouse; Pre implantation embryo; Sex specific; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTONE MODIFICATION; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; RNA SEQUENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE; ANIMAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; MAMMALIAN EMBRYO; PREGNANCY; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

MAMMALIA;

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME; MALE; MICE; PREGNANCY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX CHROMOSOMES; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84928250444     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1506-4     Document Type: Article

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