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Sexual Dimorphism of Body Size Is Controlled by Dosage of the X-Chromosomal Gene Myc and by the Sex-Determining Gene tra in Drosophila
Drosophila females are larger than males. In this article, we describe how X-chromosome dosage drives sexual dimorphism of body size through two means: first, through unbalanced expression of a key X-linked growth-regulating gene, and second, through female-specific activation of the sex-determinati...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Genetics Society of America
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5340334/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28064166 http://dx.doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.192260 |