Sex Determination and Dosage Compensation: femaleless Is the Link in Anopheles Mosquitoes
Sex Determination and Dosage Compensation: femaleless Is the Link in Anopheles Mosquitoes
16908M. Scott, Current Biology, 31:R260-R263. 2021-03-08 18:03:44.
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.
