Autonomy and nonautonomy of sex determination in triploid intersex mosaics of C. elegans.

doi:10.1242/dev.112.3.863

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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 th...

Topics

Animals
Caenorhabditis
Chromosomes
Female
Male
Mosaicism
Phenotype
Polyploidy
RNA Probes
RNA, Messenger
Sex Determination Analysis
Vitellogenins

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