Article
Sex determination in polyploids of Caenorhabditis elegans.
Genetics - 1 Jun 1994
Meneely P M
Abstract excerpt
In Caenorhabditis elegans triploid animals with two X chromosomes (symbolized 3A;2X) are males. However, these triploid males can be feminized by making them mutant for recessive dosage compensation mutations, by adding X chromosome duplications or by microinjecting particular DNA sequences terme...
Topics
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Caenorhabditis elegans
- Chromosome Mapping
- Crosses, Genetic
- DNA
- Disorders of Sex Development
- Female
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Oligodeoxyribonucleotides
- Phenotype
- Plasmids
- Polyploidy
- Sex Determination Analysis
- X Chromosome