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The Y-chromosomal and autosomal male-determining M factors of Musca domestica are equivalent.
Genetics - 1 Sept 1997
Schmidt R, Hediger M, Roth S, Nöthiger R, Dübendorfer A
Abstract excerpt
In Musca domestica, male sex is determined by a dominant factor, M, located either on the Y, the X or on an autosome. M prevents the activity of the female-determining gene F. In the absence of M, F becomes active and dictates female development. The various M factors may represent translocated copies of an ancestral Y-chromosomal M. Double mutants and germ line chimeras show that MY, MI, MII, MIII and MV perform...
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