Sex change by gene conversion in a Caenorhabditis elegans fog-2 mutant. Academic Article

abstract

• Caenorhabditis elegans primarily reproduces as a hermaphrodite. Independent gene conversion events in mutant obligately outcrossing populations of C. elegans [fog-2(lf)] spontaneously repaired the loss-of-function mutation in the fog-2 locus, thereby reestablishing hermaphroditism as the primary means of reproduction for the populations.

published proceedings

• Genetics

altmetric score

• 1

author list (cited authors)

• Katju, V., LaBeau, E. M., Lipinski, K. J., & Bergthorsson, U

citation count

• 26

complete list of authors

• Katju, Vaishali||LaBeau, Elisa M||Lipinski, Kendra J||Bergthorsson, Ulfar

publication date

• September 2008

published in

• Genetics  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Base Sequence
• Caenorhabditis Elegans
• Caenorhabditis Elegans Proteins
• Disorders Of Sex Development
• Gene Conversion
• Models, Genetic
• Molecular Sequence Data
• Mutation
• Sex Determination Processes

PubMed Central ID

• 18757925

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1534/genetics.108.090035

start page

• 669

end page

• 672

volume

• 180

issue

• 1