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Indirect Effects of Ploidy Suggest X Chromosome Dose, Not the X:A Ratio, Signals Sex in Drosophila

In the textbook view, the ratio of X chromosomes to autosome sets, X:A, is the primary signal specifying sexual fate in Drosophila. An alternative idea is that X chromosome number signals sex through the direct actions of several X-encoded signal element (XSE) proteins. In this alternative, the infl...

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Autores principales: Erickson, James W, Quintero, Jerome J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2222971/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18162044
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0050332