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Title Tinkering with masculinity - Mr or Mrs fly? Degree of recognition National Media name/outlet UKrant.nl Media type Web Country/Territory Netherlands Date 15/01/2018 Description How does one embryo end up becoming male, and another female? Groningen biologists are trying hard to figure this out. Anyone who understands this can tinker with it, and that might come in handy. Producer/Author Christien Boomsma/Sarah van Steenderen URL https://www.ukrant.nl/magazine/mevrouw-of-meneer-vlieg/?lang=en Persons Leo Beukeboom, Akash Sharma, Yanli Wu Title What egg-producing housefly males can tell us about the evolution of sex determination Degree of recognition National Media name/outlet NWO Media type Web Country/Territory Netherlands Date 12/05/2017 Description How do the two sexes come about? The answer to this question is more complex than one would expect. Though sexual reproduction invariably depends on the presence of male and female individuals, the genetic basis of sex determination varies strongly between species. This diversity is particularly evident in houseflies. This insect order provides an excellent model to study how different sex-determining mechanisms have evolved. Research groups in Zurich, Groningen and Göttingen now have important new findings to report in the prestigious scientific journal Science. They have identified the gene for maleness in houseflies. URL https://www.nwo.nl/actueel/nieuws/2017/alw/hoe-mannetjes-met-eitjes-in-huisvliegen-ons-meer-vertellen-over-geslachtsbepaling.html Persons Leo Beukeboom, Louis Jacobus Mgn Van De Zande, Akash Sharma, Yanli Wu Title Geslachtsbepalend gen van de huisvlieg ontdekt Degree of recognition National Media name/outlet UG press release Media type Web Country/Territory Netherlands Date 12/05/2017 Description Ontwikkeling van milieuvriendelijke bestrijdingsmethoden van plaaginsecten kan gebaat zijn bij meer kennis over de genetica van hun geslachtsbepaling. Daarom is het van belang dat het tot dusver onbekende gen voor mannelijkheid bij de huisvlieg, de M-factor, nu is geïdentificeerd door prof. Leo Beukeboom en dr. Louis van de Zande van de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen in samenwerking met collega’s in Zürich en Göttingen. De onderzoekers rapporteren een doorbraak in het gerenommeerde wetenschappelijke tijdschrift Science van 12 mei 2017. Producer/Author University of Groningen URL https://www.rug.nl/news/2017/05/geslachtsbepalend-gen-van-de-huisvlieg-ontdekt Persons Leo Beukeboom, Louis Jacobus Mgn Van De Zande