Indirect effects of ploidy suggest X chromosome dose, not the X:A ratio, signals sex in Drosophila.
In the textbook view, the ratio of X chromosomes to autosome sets, X:A, is the primary signal specifying sexual fate in Drosophila. An alternative idea is that X chromosome number signals sex through the direct actions of several X-encoded signal element (XSE) proteins. In this alternative, the infl...
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2007-12-01
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| Series: | PLoS Biology |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2222971?pdf=render |