Genes and Mechanisms in Vertebrate Sex Determination
Contributors: Gerd Scherer (Editor); Michael Schmid (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Birkhauser
Published: April 20, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9783764361686
Subjects: Developmental biology; Genetic engineering; Molecular biology; Vertebrates; Sex determination, Genetic; Medical; Animal Genetics; Physiology Of Reproduction; Science; Medical / Nursing; Research; Genetics; Life Sciences - Biology - Developmental Biology; Science / Biology; Life Sciences - Anatomy & Physiology; Life Sciences - Zoology - General
First sentence: Summary. Because of two successive rounds of tetraploidization at their inception, the vertebrates contain four times more protein-coding genes in their genome than the invertebrates: 60 000 vs. 15 000.