Transcriptional profiles in Strongyloides stercoralis males reveal deviations from the Caenorhabditis sex determination model

Abstract The human and canine parasitic nematode Strongyloides stercoralis utilizes an XX/XO sex determination system, with parasitic females reproducing by mitotic parthenogenesis and free-living males and females reproducing sexually. However, the genes controlling S. stercoralis sex determination...

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Main Authors: Damia Gonzalez Akimori, Emily J. Dalessandro, Thomas J. Nolan, Christopher R. Stieha, James B. Lok, Jonathan D. C. Stoltzfus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87478-3