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Evidence for the evolutionary nascence of a novel sex determination pathway in honeybees.
Nature - 24 Jul 2008
Hasselmann Martin, Gempe Tanja, Schiøtt Morten, Nunes-Silva Carlos Gustavo, Otte Marianne, Beye Martin
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Sex determination in honeybees (Apis mellifera) is governed by heterozygosity at a single locus harbouring the complementary sex determiner (csd) gene, in contrast to the well-studied sex chromosome system of Drosophila melanogaster. Bees heterozygous at csd are females, whereas homozygotes and h...
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