An Extraordinary Sex Determination Mechanism in a Book Louse

Leo W. Beukeboom*

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Abstract

In this commentary, Leo Beukeboom considers the findings of
Hodson et al. in this issue of GENETICS, and their discovery of
an unusual sex determination mechanism in a book louse, a
little-studied group of insects.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)751-753
Number of pages3
JournalGenetics
Volume206
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun-2017

Keywords

  • paternal genome elimination
  • maternal effect
  • parent-of-origin effect
  • Psocodea
  • ELIMINATION
  • EVOLUTION
  • INSECTS
  • GENE

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