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Sex Determination
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C.
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egl-1
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Sex Determination
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Cline
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Sex Determination
and Dosage Compensation - mammals (Nov. 4) |
Boumil
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Panning
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Drosophila
Embryonic Pattern Formation (Nov. 6, 18, 20, 25) |
Circadian
Rhythms (Dec. 2, 4) |
Dunlap,
J.C., 1999, Molecular bases for circadian clocks. Cell 96:271-290
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recommended background reading for writing
assignment) |
Young,
M.W., 1998, The molecular control of circadian behavioral rhythms and
their entrainment in Drosophila. Annu. Rev. Biochem. 67:135-152. |
Glossop,
N.R.J. et al., 1999, Interlocked feedback loops within the Drosophila
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Ceriana,
M.F., et al., 1999, Light-dependent sequestration of TIMELESS by CRYTOCHROME.
Science
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Kume,
K., et al., 1999, mCRY1 and mCRY2 are essential components of the negative
limb of the circadian clock feedback loop. Cell 98:193-205. |
Van
der Horst et al., 1999, Mammalian Cry1 and Cry2 are essential for maintenance
of circadian rhythms. Nature 398:627-630. |
Griffen,
E.A., et al., 1999, Light-independent role of CRY1 and CRY2 in the
mammalian circadian clock. Science 286:768-771. |
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