Nature has evolved an astonishing variety of genetic and epigenetic sex-determining
systems which all achieve the same result, the generation of two sexes. Genetic and …

Sex determination refers to the developmental programme that commits the embryo to either
the male or the female pathway. The animal kingdom possesses a wealth of mechanisms …

REVIEW There is substantial cytogenetic data indicating that the process of sex
determination can evolve relatively rapidly. However, recent molecular studies on the …

The molecular mechanisms that control sexual dimorphism are very different in distantly
related animals. Did sex determination arise several times with different regulatory …

The understanding of the molecular mechanisms of sex differentiation in the mosquito
Anopheles gambiae could identify important candidate genes for inducing selective male …

The genetics of the sex determination regulatory cascade in Drosophila melanogaster has a
fascinating history, interlinked with the foundation of the Genetics discipline itself. The …

The genetic cascades regulating sex determination of the housefly, Musca domestica, and
the fruitfly, Drosophila melanogaster, appear strikingly different. The bifunctional switch gene …

We compiled a comprehensive database of alternative exons from the literature and
analyzed them statistically. Most alternative exons are cassette exons and are expressed in …

We have previously reported that Bmdsx, a homologue of the sex-determining gene,
doublesex (dsx), was found to be sex-specifically expressed in various tissues at larval …

Sex determination, an integral precursor to sexual reproduction, is required to generate
morphologically distinct sexes. The molecular components of sex-determination pathways …