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A feminizing switch in a hemimetabolous insect

The mechanism of sex determination remains poorly understood in hemimetabolous insects. Here, in the brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens, a hemipteran rice pest, we identified a feminizing switch or a female determiner (Nlfmd) that encodes a serine/arginine-rich protein. Knockdown of Nlfmd i...

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Autores principales: Zhuo, Ji-Chong, Zhang, Hou-Hong, Hu, Qing-Ling, Zhang, Jin-Li, Lu, Jia-Bao, Li, Han-Jing, Xie, Yu-Cheng, Wang, Wei-Wei, Zhang, Yan, Wang, Hai-Qiang, Huang, Hai-Jian, Lu, Gang, Chen, Jian-Ping, Li, Jun-Min, Tu, Zhi-Jian, Zhang, Chuan-Xi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8626073/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34826246
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abf9237