Sex Determination and Dosage Compensation: femaleless Is the Link in Anopheles Mosquitoes

A new study finds that the femaleless gene is essential for sexual development and repression of X-chromosome dosage compensation in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. This could provide the basis for a new genetic approach to control this pest.

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