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The sex of specific neurons controls female body growth in Drosophila

Sexual dimorphisms in body size are widespread throughout the animal kingdom but their underlying mechanisms are not well characterized. Most models for how sex chromosome genes specify size dimorphism have emphasized the importance of gonadal hormones and cell-autonomous influences in mammals versu...

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Autores principales: Sawala, Annick, Gould, Alex P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5627897/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28976974
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2002252