CHROMATIN REGULATION AND SEX DETERMINATION IN CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS.

Chromatin regulation and sex determination in Caenorhabditis Elegans.



Chromatin regulation and sex determination in Caenorhabditis Elegans

Introduction

The article states that in Caenorhabditis elegans triploid animals with two X chromosomes (symbolized 3A; 2X) are males. However, these triploid males can be feminized by producing them mutant for recessive dosage reimbursement mutations, by supplementing X chromosome replications or by microinjecting specific DNA sequences termed feminizing elements. None of these treatments sways diploid males. This study discovers some facets of these treatments in polyploids. (Edward, 2008, 15) The dosage reimbursement mutants display a powerful maternal result, such ...