Journal article
How do germ cells choose their sex? Drosophila as a paradigm.
- Steinmann-Zwicky M Zoological Institute, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
- 1992-08-01
Published in:
- BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology. - 1992
Animals
Drosophila melanogaster
Embryo, Nonmammalian
Embryonic Induction
Female
Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
Genotype
Germ Cells
Insecta
Male
Mammals
Sex Determination Analysis
Species Specificity
X Chromosome
Y Chromosome
English
Sex determination in the germ line may either rely on cell-autonomous genetic information, or it may be imposed during development by inductive somatic signals. In Drosophila, both mechanisms contribute to ensure that germ cells are oogenic when differentiating in females and spermatogenic when differentiating in males. Some of the genes that are involved in germ line sex determination have been identified. In other species, including vertebrates, inductive signals are commonly used to determine the sex of germ cells.
- Language
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- English
- Open access status
- closed
- Identifiers
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- DOI 10.1002/bies.950140803
- PMID 1365904
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/185368
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