Conditional knockdown of transformer in sheep blow fly suggests a role in repression of dosage compensation and potential for population suppression.
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009792
Abstract: The transformer (tra) gene is essential for female development in many insect species, including the Australian sheep blow fly, Lucilia cuprina. Sex-specific tra RNA splicing is controlled by Sex lethal (Sxl) in Drosophila melanogaster but… read more here.
Keywords: blow fly; sheep blow; dosage compensation; transformer ... See more keywords