Department of Molecular Biology, The UMDNJ School of Osteopathic Medicine, B303 Science Center, 2 Medical Center Drive, Stratford, NJ 08084, USA.
Curr Biol. 2013 Jul 8;23(13):R573-5. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.05.046.
A century ago, Bridges proposed that male genes on the autosomes and female genes on the X chromosome compete to determine sexual identity. New genetic and molecular studies establish Caenorhabditis elegans as the first animal known to use this mechanism.
一个世纪前,Bridges 提出常染色体上的雄性基因和 X 染色体上的雌性基因竞争以决定性别身份。新的遗传和分子研究将秀丽隐杆线虫确立为第一个已知使用这种机制的动物。