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Absence of dosage compensation at the transcription level of a sex-linked gene in a female heterogametic insect, Bombyx mori.
Heredity - 1 Sept 1998
Suzuki M G, Shimada T, Kobayashi M
Abstract excerpt
To confirm whether sex-linked genes of the silkworm are dosage compensated or not, we investigated three RAPDs and one RFLP marker which have been mapped to the Z chromosome as candidate genes to test for dosage compensation. Northern blot analysis demonstrated that one of the RAPDs, T15.180a, is transcribed into several mRNAs in the embryo, midgut, Malpighian tubule, testis and ovary. Southern blot analysis...
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