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Roles for mating and environment in C. elegans sex determination.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 7 Nov 2003
Prahlad Veena, Pilgrim Dave, Goodwin Elizabeth B
Abstract excerpt
In Caenorhabditis elegans the two sexes, hermaphrodites and males, are thought to be irreversibly determined at fertilization by the ratio of X chromosomes to sets of autosomes: XX embryos develop as hermaphrodites and XO embryos as males. We show instead that both sex and genotype of C. elegans can be altered postembryonically and that this flexibility requires sexual reproduction. When grown in specific...
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