| Title |
Dosage compensation is less effective in birds than in mammals
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Biology, March 2007
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| DOI | 10.1186/jbiol53 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
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 |
| Abstract |
In animals with heteromorphic sex chromosomes, dosage compensation of sex-chromosome genes is thought to be critical for species survival. Diverse molecular mechanisms have evolved to effectively balance the expressed dose of X-linked genes between XX and XY animals, and to balance expression of X and autosomal genes. Dosage compensation is not understood in birds, in which females (ZW) and males (ZZ) differ in the number of Z chromosomes. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 159 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 1% |
| Czechia | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Argentina | 1 | <1% |
| Ireland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 149 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 45 | 28% |
| Student > Bachelor | 26 | 16% |
| Researcher | 25 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 14 | 9% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 10 | 6% |
| Other | 25 | 16% |
| Unknown | 14 | 9% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 86 | 54% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 37 | 23% |
| Neuroscience | 6 | 4% |
| Environmental Science | 3 | 2% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 6 | 4% |
| Unknown | 18 | 11% |