SEX DETERMINATION AND CONTROL MECHANISMS IN BIRDS

The modern conception of genetic bases of bird’s sex determination is considered. Following the genotypic mechanism of sex determination, birds implement a complex system of sex chromosome relationships. Z chromosome contains a dose-dependent male sex determinant — gene DMTR1 ensuring the testicles...

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Main Author: M. T. Tagirov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Palladin Institute of Biochemistry 2013-02-01
Series:Biotechnologia Acta
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Online Access:http://biotechnology.kiev.ua/images/storage/no1_2013/tagirov_1_2013.pdf