Sex determination compared in Drosophila and Caenorhabditis.
Fruitflies and nematodes show many similarities in the general organization of the gene networks that control sexual dimorphism and dosage compensation. In contrast, the underlying molecular mechanisms appear to be very different in these two species. Developmental processes such as sex determination need not be strongly conserved in evolution.
Hodgkin
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MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.
D000818:Animals; D002107:Caenorhabditis / Q000235:genetics*; D004303:Dosage Compensation, Genetic; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005809:Genes, Regulator; D005854:Germ Cells; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype; D012732:Sex Determination Analysis; D014960:X Chromosome