Two types of sex determination in a nematode.

doi:10.1038/304267a0

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Two types of sex determination in a nematode.

Nature - 1 Jan 2000

Hodgkin J

Abstract excerpt

Sex in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is normally determined by a genic balance mechanism, the ratio of X chromosomes to autosomes, so that XX animals are self-fertilizing hermaphrodites and X0 animals are males. However, recessive mutations of the autosomal gene tra-1 III cause both XX and...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Caenorhabditis
Female
Genes, Dominant
Genetic Complementation Test
Male
Mutation
Sex Chromosomes
Sex Determination Analysis

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