Evolution of the sex-lethal gene in insects and origin of the sex-determination system in Drosophila.

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Published in J Mol Evol on November 24, 2013

Authors

Zhenguo Zhang1, Jan Klein, Masatoshi Nei

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics and Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, 328 Mueller Laboratory, University Park, State College, PA, 16802, USA, zuz17@psu.edu.

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