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Sex determination in the fly Megaselia scalaris, a model system for primary steps of sex chromosome evolution.
Genetics - 1 Mar 1994
Traut W
Abstract excerpt
The fly Megaselia scalaris Loew possesses three homomorphic chromosome pairs; 2 is the sex chromosome pair in two wild-type laboratory stocks of different geographic origin (designated "original" sex chromosome pair in this paper). The primary male-determining function moves at a very low rate to other chromosomes, thereby creating new Y chromosomes. Random amplified polymorphic DNA markers obtained by polymerase...
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