The female-determining gene F of the housefly, Musca domestica, acts maternally to regulate its own zygotic activity.

doi:10.1093/genetics/150.1.221

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The female-determining gene F of the housefly, Musca domestica, acts maternally to regulate its own zygotic activity.

Genetics - 1 Sept 1998

Dübendorfer A, Hediger M

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In Musca domestica, the common housefly, female development requires the continuous activity of the sex-determining gene F from early embryogenesis until metamorphosis. To activate F in embryogenesis, two conditions must be met: There must be no male-determining M factor in the zygotic genome, an...

Topics

Animals
Crosses, Genetic
Female
Genomic Imprinting
Genotype
Houseflies
Male
Sex Determination Processes
Zygote

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