A feminizing switch in a hemimetabolous insect
Ji‐Chong Zhuo, Hou‐Hong Zhang, Qing‐Ling Hu, Jin-Li Zhang, Jia‐Bao Lu, Hanjing Li, Yucheng Xie, Weiwei Wang, Yan Zhang, Hai‐Qiang Wang, Hai‐Jian Huang, Gang Lü, Jianping Chen, Jun-Min Li, Zhijian Tu, Chuan‐Xi Zhang
Abstract
splicing, suggesting that NlFMD2 may function as an RNA binding partner of the feminizing switch NlFMD. Our results provide novel insights into the diverse mechanisms of insect sex determination.
Topics & Concepts
InsectBiologyComputational biologyEvolutionary biologyComputer scienceEcologyInsect symbiosis and bacterial influencesInsect-Plant Interactions and ControlInsect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior