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Molecular analysis of sex chromosome-linked mutants in the silkworm Bombyx mori.
Journal of genetics - 1 Sept 2010
Fujii Tsuguru, Abe Hiroaki, Shimada Toru
Abstract excerpt
In Bombyx mori, the W chromosome determines the female sex. A few W chromosome-linked mutations that cause masculinization of the female genitalia have been found. In female antennae of a recently isolated mutant, both female-type and male-type Bmdsx mRNAs were expressed, and BmOr1 (bombykol receptor) and BmOr3 (bombykal receptor), which are predominantly expressed in the antennae of male moths, were expressed...
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