Sex determination: How worms count to two

Ronald E. Ellis; Xiangmei Chen

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2013.05.046

Sex determination: How worms count to two

Ronald E. Ellis, Xiangmei Chen

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Abstract

A century ago, Bridges proposed that male genes on the autosomes and female genes on the X chromosome compete to determine sexual identity. New genetic and molecular studies establish Caenorhabditis elegans as the first animal known to use this mechanism.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	R573-R575
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	23
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2013.05.046
State	Published - Jul 8 2013

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General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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