Browsing by Subject "Sex lethal"
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(2012-07-16)In Drosophila melanogaster, sex is determined at the preblastoderm stage via an Xchromosome counting mechanism. During this process embryos that carry two X chromosomes begin to develop as females while embryos with one X ...
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(2017-12-14)To be male or female, that is the question. In Drosophila melanogaster, all aspects of somatic sex determination are under the control of the binary switch gene, Sex lethal (Sxl). The primary determinant of the activity ...