The Sex Determination Gene transformer Regulates Male-Female Differences in Drosophila Body Size
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The Sex Determination Gene transformer Regulates Male-Female Differences in Drosophila Body Size
Almost all animals show sex differences in body size. For example, in Drosophila, females are larger than males. Although Drosophila is widely used as a model to study growth, the mechanisms underlying this male-female difference in size remain unclear. Here, we describe a novel role for the sex determination gene transformer (tra) in promoting female body growth. Normally, Tra is expressed onl...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLOS Genetics
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1553-7404
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005683