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Bombyx mori histone methyltransferase BmAsh2 is essential for silkworm piRNA-mediated sex determination

Sex determination is a hierarchically-regulated process with high diversity in different organisms including insects. The W chromosome-derived Fem piRNA has been identified as the primary sex determination factor in the lepidopteran insect, Bombyx mori, revealing a distinctive piRNA-mediated sex det...

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Autores principales: Li, Zhiqian, You, Lang, Yan, Dong, James, Anthony A., Huang, Yongping, Tan, Anjiang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5841826/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29474354
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007245