Article
Noncanonical function of the Sex lethal gene controls the protogyny phenotype in Drosophila melanogaster.
Scientific reports - 27 Jan 2022
Seong Ki-Hyeon, Kang Siu
Abstract excerpt
Drosophila melanogaster females eclose on average 4 h faster than males owing to sexual differences in the pupal period, referred to as the protogyny phenotype. Here, to elucidate the mechanism underlying the protogyny phenotype, we used our newly developed Drosophila Individual Activity Monitoring and Detecting System (DIAMonDS) that detects the precise timing of both pupariation and eclosion in individual...
Topics
- Animals
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Drosophila Proteins
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Female
- Gene Knockdown Techniques
- Male
- Phenotype
- Pupa
- RNA-Binding Proteins
- Ribonucleoproteins
- Sex Determination Processes
- Transcription Factors