Sex-dimorphic gene expression and ineffective dosage compensation of Z-linked genes in gastrulating chicken embryos

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Considerable progress has been made in our understanding of sex determination and dosage compensation mechanisms in model organisms such as <it>C. elegans</it>, <it>Drosophila </it>and <it>M. musculus<...

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Main Authors: Mathur Sachin, Zhang Shaobing O, Hattem Gaye, Tassy Olivier, Pourquié Olivier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-01-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/11/13