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Small silencing RNAs expressed from W-linked retrocopies of Masculinizer target the male-determining gene PxyMasc during female sex determination in the Diamondback moth Plutella xylostella
Tim Harvey‐Samuel, X. Xu, Michelle A. E. Anderson…·Luke Alphey
The paper identifies small silencing RNAs targeting PxyMasc, a male-determining gene in diamondback moth, expressed from W-linked retrocopies on the female-specific chromosome.