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Lydia Grmai, Erin Jimenez, Kelly Baxter, Mark Van Doren
This study shows that in Drosophila, sex-specific ecdysone signaling controls gonad development through cell-autonomous hormone reception, challenging the notion that steroid hormones only regulate development in vertebrates.
Pradeep Kumar Bhaskar, Sheryl M. Southard, Kelly Baxter, Mark Van Doren
The paper investigates how germline sex determination regulates signaling between germline stem cells and their niche, showing JAK/STAT signaling promotes male identity while Sex lethal blocks it in XX cells.
Shekerah Primus, Caitlin Pozmanter, Kelly Baxter, Mark Van Doren
The paper identifies tdrd5p as a gene repressed by Sxl in female Drosophila germ cells and essential for male germline identity and fertility.