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The female-killing chromosome of the silkworm, Bombyx mori, was generated by translocation between the Z and W chromosomes.
Genetica - 1 May 2006
Fujii T, Tanaka N, Yokoyama T, Ninaki O, Oshiki T, Ohnuma A, Tazima Y, Banno Y, Ajimura M, Mita K, Seki M, Ohbayashi F, Shimada T, Abe H
Abstract excerpt
Bombyx mori is a female-heterogametic organism (female, ZW; male, ZZ) that appears to have a putative feminizing gene (Fem) on the W chromosome. The paternally transmitted mutant W chromosome, Df(p ( Sa ) + ( p )W + ( od ))Fem, derived from the translocation-carrying W chromosome (p ( Sa ) + ( p )W + ( od )), is inert as femaleness determinant. Moreover, this Df(p ( Sa ) + ( p )W + ( od ))Fem chromosome has been...
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