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The mog-1 gene is required for the switch from spermatogenesis to oogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Genetics - 1 Apr 1993
Graham P L, Kimble J
Abstract excerpt
Caenorhabditis elegans hermaphrodites make first sperm, then oocytes. By contrast, animals homozygous for any of six loss-of-function mutations in the gene mog-1 (for masculinization of the germ line) make sperm continuously and do not switch into oogenesis. Therefore, in mog-1 mutants, germ cells that normally would become oocytes are transformed into sperm. By contrast, somatic sexual fates are normal,...
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