Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2203383 | Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology | 2007 | 8 Pages |
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.
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Authors
Leo W. Beukeboom, Albert Kamping, Louis van de Zande,