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Autonomy and nonautonomy of sex determination in triploid intersex mosaics of C. elegans.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Jul 1991
Schedin P, Hunter C P, Wood W B
Abstract excerpt
The primary sex-determining signal in Caenorhabditis elegans is the ratio of X chromosomes to sets of autosomes (X/A ratio), normally 1.0 in hermaphrodites (XX) and 0.5 in males (XO). XX triploids (X/A = 0.67) are males, but if these animals carry a partial duplication of the X chromosome such that X/A approximately equal to 0.7, they develop as intersexes that are sexually mosaic. We have analyzed these mosaics...
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