Developmental BiologyProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPeer-reviewed
Nix confers heritable sex-conversion in Aedes aegypti and myo-sex is needed for male flight
Azadeh Aryan, Michelle A. E. Anderson, James Kite Biedler…·Zhijian Jake Tu
This study shows that the Nix gene can convert female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes into fertile males, which can then produce sex-converted offspring, but require mating with wild-type females to fly, and myo-sex is essential for male flight.
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