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1: Genome Biol. 2006;7(7):227.Click here to read Click here to read Links

Enigma variations: control of sexual fate in nematode germ cells.

Ellis RE.

Department of Molecular Biology, The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, B303 Science Center, 2 Medical Center Drive, Stratford, NJ 08084, USA. ron.ellis@umdnj.edu

A new study showing that neither FEM-2 nor FEM-3 is required for spermatogenesis in Caenorhabditis briggsae, unlike in Caenorhabditis elegans, implies that the sex-determination pathway in these species is evolving rapidly, and supports the proposal that they evolved hermaphroditism independently.

PMID: 16879734 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC1779563