How do germ cells choose their sex? Drosophila as a paradigm.

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How do germ cells choose their sex? Drosophila as a paradigm.

BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology - 1 Aug 1992

Steinmann-Zwicky M

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Sex determination in the germ line may either rely on cell-autonomous genetic information, or it may be imposed during development by inductive somatic signals. In Drosophila, both mechanisms contribute to ensure that germ cells are oogenic when differentiating in females and spermatogenic when d...

Topics

Animals
Drosophila melanogaster
Embryo, Nonmammalian
Embryonic Induction
Female
Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
Genotype
Germ Cells
Insecta
Male
Mammals
Sex Determination Analysis
Species Specificity
X Chromosome
Y Chromosome

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