Sex Determination and Dosage Compensation: femaleless Is the Link in Anopheles Mosquitoes

被引：5

作者：

Scott, Max ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] North Carolina State Univ, Dept Entomol & Plant Pathol, Campus Box 7613, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA

来源：

CURRENT BIOLOGY | 2021年 / 31卷 / 05期

基金：

英国科研创新办公室;

关键词：

EVOLUTION; GENE;

D O I：

10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.078

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];

学科分类号：

071010 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

A new study finds that the femaleless gene is essential for sexual development and repression of X-chromosome dosage compensation in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. This could provide the basis for a new genetic approach to control this pest.

引用

页码：R260 / R263

页数：5

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