CHROMATIN REGULATION AND SEX DETERMINATION

Chromatin regulation and sex determination in Caenorhabditis elegans.



Chromatin regulation and sex determination

According to the information contained in the articles In C. elegans there are two sexes. Animals with two X chromosomes (XX) and two sets of autosomes have a female soma and a hermaphrodite germ line, and so are called hermaphrodites. Animals with a lone X chromosome (XO) and two sets of autosomes have a male soma and germline (Somatic sex determination). Hermaphrodite self-fertility is accomplished by a transient period of spermatogenesis in the L3 stage pursued by a switch to oogenesis in the ...