The Sex Determination Gene transformer Regulates Male-Female Differences in Drosophila Body Size.

Almost all animals show sex differences in body size. For example, in Drosophila, females are larger than males. Although Drosophila is widely used as a model to study growth, the mechanisms underlying this male-female difference in size remain unclear. Here, we describe a novel role for the sex det...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth J Rideout, Marcus S Narsaiya, Savraj S Grewal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-12-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4692505?pdf=render