Fruitless decommissions regulatory elements to implement cell-type-specific neuronal masculinization.
In the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, male-specific splicing and translation of the Fruitless transcription factor (FruM) alters the presence, anatomy, and/or connectivity of >60 types of central brain neurons that interconnect to generate male-typical behaviors. While the indispensable funct...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2021-02-01
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Series: | PLoS Genetics |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009338 |