Sex change by gene conversion in a Caenorhabditis elegans fog-2 mutant.
Caenorhabditis elegans primarily reproduces as a hermaphrodite. Independent gene conversion events in mutant obligately outcrossing populations of C. elegans [fog-2(lf)] spontaneously repaired the loss-of-function mutation in the fog-2 locus, thereby reestablishing hermaphroditism as the primary means of reproduction for the populations.
Katju
Vaishali
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Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA.
LaBeau
Elisa M
EM
Lipinski
Kendra J
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Bergthorsson
Ulfar
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