Article
Genetic control of sex determination in the germ line and soma of the housefly, Musca domestica.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Sept 1994
Hilfiker-Kleiner D, Dübendorfer A, Hilfiker A, Nöthiger R
Abstract excerpt
In Musca domestica, sex in the soma is cell autonomously determined by the male-determiner M, or by the female-determiner FD. Transplanted pole cells (precursors of the germ line) show that sex determination of germ cells is non-autonomous genotypically male pole cells form functional eggs in fem...
Topics
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- Drosophila
- Female
- Genes, Insect
- Genotype
- Germ Cells
- Houseflies
- Male
- Mosaicism
- Sex Determination Analysis