A male-determining factor in the mosquito Aedes aegypti

Sex determination in the mosquito Aedes aegypti is governed by a dominant male-determining factor (M factor) located within a Y chromosome–like region called the M locus. Here, we show that an M-locus gene, Nix, functions as an M factor in A. aegypti. Nix exhibits persistent M linkage and early embr...

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Published in:Science
Main Authors: Hall, Andrew Brantley, Basu, Sanjay, Jiang, Xiaofang, Qi, Yumin, Timoshevskiy, Vladimir A., Biedler, James K., Sharakhova, Maria V., Elahi, Rubayet, Anderson, Michelle A. E., Chen, Xiao-Guang, Sharakhov, Igor V., Adelman, Zach N., Tu, Zhijian
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Language:Inglês
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5026532/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25999371
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aaa2850
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