Tracing the origin and evolution of supergene mimicry in butterflies
Nature Communications, 2017 Wing pattern mimicry in the butterfly Papilio polytes is controlled by a single Mendelian locus, the mimicry supergene doublesex. Here, Zhang and colleagues reconstruct the complex evolutionary history of the doublesex supergene and mimicry in the ...
Wei Zhang +4 more
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Hemimetabolous insects elucidate the origin of sexual development via alternative splicing
eLife, 2019 Insects are the only known animals in which sexual differentiation is controlled by sex-specific splicing. The doublesex transcription factor produces distinct male and female isoforms, which are both essential for sex-specific development.
Judith Wexler +6 more
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Examination of the genetic basis for sexual dimorphism in the Aedes aegypti (dengue vector mosquito) pupal brain [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: Most animal species exhibit sexually dimorphic behaviors, many of which are linked to reproduction. A number of these behaviors, including blood feeding in female mosquitoes, contribute to the global spread of vector-borne illnesses ...
Duman-Scheel, Molly +6 more
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DoublesexEvolution Is Correlated with Social Complexity in Ants
Genome Biology and Evolution, 2018 The Dmrt (doublesex and mab-3-related transcription factor) genes are transcription factors crucial for sex determination and sexual differentiation. In some social insects, doublesex (dsx) exhibits widespread caste-specific expression across different tissues and developmental stages and has been suggested as a candidate gene for regulating division ...
Jia, L.Y. +5 more
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Integrative analysis reveals pathways associated with sex reversal in Cynoglossus semilaevis [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Sex reversal is a complex biological phenomenon exhibited by Cynoglossus semilaevis. Some genetic females may irreversibly convert to pseudomales, thus increasing aquaculture costs because males grow much more slowly than females.
Zhan Ye +5 more
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Somatic, germline and sex hierarchy regulated gene expression during Drosophila metamorphosis [PDF]
, 2009 Background Drosophila melanogaster undergoes a complete metamorphosis, during which time the larval male and female forms transition into sexually dimorphic, reproductive adult forms.
Matthew S Lebo +3 more
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Sex Differences in Drosophila Somatic Gene Expression: Variation and Regulation by doublesex
G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2016 Sex differences in gene expression have been widely studied in Drosophila melanogaster. Sex differences vary across strains, but many molecular studies focus on only a single strain, or on genes that show sexually dimorphic expression in many strains ...
Michelle N. Arbeitman +5 more
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Sex, butterflies and molecular biology: when pigmentation met mimicry [PDF]
, 2016 No abstract is available for this ...
ffrench-Constant, Richard
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Identification of sex-specific transcripts of theAnopheles gambiae doublesexgene [PDF]
Journal of Experimental Biology, 2005 SUMMARYThe understanding of the molecular mechanisms of sex differentiation in the mosquito Anopheles gambiae could identify important candidate genes for inducing selective male sterility in transgenic lines or for sex-controlled expression of lethal genes.
Scali C. +3 more
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Functional genetic and comparative genomic analysis of vector mosquito development [PDF]
, 2011 Geochemistry of porewater of sediment core PS81/681-
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