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Differential intron retention in Jumonji chromatin modifier genes is implicated in reptile temperature-dependent sex determination

In many vertebrates, sex of offspring is determined by external environmental cues rather than by sex chromosomes. In reptiles, for instance, temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) is common. Despite decades of work, the mechanism by which temperature is converted into a sex-determining signa...

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Autores principales: Deveson, Ira W., Holleley, Clare E., Blackburn, James, Marshall Graves, Jennifer A., Mattick, John S., Waters, Paul D., Georges, Arthur
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5470834/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28630932
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1700731