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Hannah N Lawson1, Leigh R Wexler2, Hayley K Wnuk1

  • 1Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.

Current Biology : CB
|July 25, 2020
PubMed
Summary

Biological sex in C. elegans is not static. The gene tra-1 regulates sex-specific feeding behavior in males, challenging fixed notions of biological sex.

Keywords:
biological sexchemosensationdevelopmental timingsex determinationsex differencesexual differentiationsexual dimorphismsexual maturation

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