| Literature DB >> 17292644 |
Leo W Beukeboom1, Albert Kamping, Louis van de Zande.
Abstract
Sex determining mechanisms are highly diverse. Like all Hymenoptera, the parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis reproduces by haplodiploidy: males are haploid and females are diploid. Sex in Nasonia is not determined by complementary alleles at sex loci. Evidence for several alternative models is considered. Recent studies on a polyploid and a gynandromorphic mutant strain point to a maternal product that is balanced against the number of chromosomal complements in the zygote and a parent-specific (imprinting) effect. Research is now focused on the molecular details of sex determination in Nasonia.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17292644 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2006.12.015
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Semin Cell Dev Biol ISSN: 1084-9521 Impact factor: 7.727