Regulation of Doublesex1 Expression for Environmental Sex Determination in the Cladoceran Crustacean Daphnia

The cladoceran crustacean Daphnia produces only females by parthenogenesis in a healthy population. However, in response to environmental declines such as crowding and lack of foods, it produces eggs destined to become males that are genetically identical to females. During the development of the se...

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Main Authors: Yasuhiko Kato, Hajime Watanabe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcell.2022.881255/full