Articles
Volume 6 (2007) - March 2007
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Research article
Dosage compensation is less effective in birds than in mammals Yuichiro Itoh, Esther Melamed, Xia Yang, Kathy Kampf, Susanna Wang, Nadir Yehya, Atila Van Nas, Kirstin Replogle, Mark R Band, David F Clayton, Eric E Schadt, Aldons J Lusis, Arthur P Arnold Journal of Biology 2007, 6:2 (22 March 2007) Male:female ratios of gene expression in zebra finch and chicken reveal that birds, unlike mammals, have surprisingly ineffective sex-chromosome dosage compensation mechanisms resulting in an imbalance between autosomal and sex-linked genes.
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Minireview
Does gene dosage really matter? Jennifer Graves, Christine M Disteche Journal of Biology 2007, 6:1 (22 March 2007) |
