Maleness-on-the-Y (MoY) orchestrates male sex determination in major agricultural fruit fly pests
Angela Meccariello, Marco Salvemini, Pasquale Primo, Brantley Hall, Panagiota Koskinioti, Martina Dalíková, Andrea Gravina, Michela Anna Gucciardino, Federica Forlenza, Maria‐Eleni Gregoriou, Domenica Ippolito, Simona Maria Monti, Valeria Petrella, Maryanna Martina Perrotta, Stephan Schmeing, , Giuseppe Saccone
The paper identifies a Y-linked gene, MoY, essential for male sex determination in medflies and shows its conservation across multiple fruit fly species, enabling potential genetic control strategies.
Science · Aug 29, 2019Peer-reviewedGenetics