Sex-lethal, master and slave: a hierarchy of germ-line sex determination in Drosophila.

doi:10.1242/dev.119.3.897

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Sex-lethal, master and slave: a hierarchy of germ-line sex determination in Drosophila.

Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Nov 1993

Oliver B, Kim Y J, Baker B S

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Female sex determination in the germ line of Drosophila melanogaster is regulated by genes functioning in the soma as well as genes that function within the germ line. Genes known or suspected to be involved in germ-line sex determination in Drosophila melanogaster have been examined to determine...

Topics

Animals
Base Sequence
DNA Primers
Drosophila melanogaster
Female
Genes, Neoplasm
Genes, Regulator
Germ Cells
In Situ Hybridization
Molecular Sequence Data
Ovarian Neoplasms
Phenotype
Polymerase Chain Reaction
RNA Splicing
Sex Differentiation

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