Sex Determination: Controlling the Master

Douglas A. Harrison

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2007.03.012

Sex Determination: Controlling the Master

Douglas A. Harrison

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Abstract

Sex is determined in Drosophila by the activity of the Sex-lethal master regulator. Activity of Sex-lethal is initiated early in females by chromosome-counting transcription factors, then reinforced by signaling through the Janus kinase pathway.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	R328-R330
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	17
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2007.03.012
State	Published - May 1 2007

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General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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