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The Y-Chromosome in Animals
By: Dorothy R. Haskett
| Published: May 28, 2015
The Y-chromosome is one of a pair of chromosomes that determine the genetic sex of individuals in mammals, some insects, and some plants. In the…
Y ChromosomeSex ChromosomesEmbryosDNAChromosomes
Sex-determining Region Y in Mammals
By: Troy Cox
| Published: Dec 31, 2013
The Sex-determining Region Y (Sry in mammals but SRY in humans) is a gene found on Y chromosomes that leads to the development of male phenotypes,…
Y ChromosomeTestisEmbryosChromosomesSex Chromosomes
Edmund Beecher Wilson (1856-1939)
By: Jane Maienschein
| Published: Aug 05, 2013
Edmund Beecher Wilson contributed to cell biology, the study of cells, in the US during the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth…
EmbryologyCellsCytologyHeredityEvolution
The Role of the Notch Signaling Pathway in Myogenesis
By: Justin M. Wolter
| Published: Jul 26, 2013
Among other functions, the Notch signaling pathway forestalls the process of myogenesis in animals. The Notch signaling pathway is a pathway in…
MyogenesisNotch genesNotch ProteinsMusclesMyoblasts