title: Flipping the doublesex switch with a piRNA.
abstract: Recent work in the silkworm Bombyx mori has uncovered a novel Piwi-interacting RNA regulator of the sex determination switch doublesex.
authors.forename: Cale
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Whitworth
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Oliver
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D012831:Bombyx / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000235:genetics*; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D019849:Sex Determination Processes / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D034741:RNA, Small Interfering