Article
Differentiation of a male-specific muscle in Drosophila melanogaster does not require the sex-determining genes doublesex or intersex.
Genetics - 1 Sept 1992
Taylor B J
Abstract excerpt
A pair of muscles span the fifth abdominal segment of male but not female Drosophila melanogaster adults. To establish whether genes involved in the development of other sexually dimorphic tissues controlled the differentiation of sex-specific muscles, flies mutant for five known sex-determining genes were examined for the occurrence of male-specific abdominal muscles. Female flies mutant for alleles of...
Topics
- Animals
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Female
- Male
- Muscles
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Sex Characteristics
- Sex Differentiation