Genetics of Hermaphroditism in Drosophila virilis
- 1 December 1934
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 20 (12) , 613-616
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.20.12.613
Abstract
The 3rd chromosome recessive gene, called intersex (ix), was found to cause reversion of homozygous [female][female] into [male][male], which are sterile. The incomplete reversion brought about by modifying factors results in production of hermaphrodites. It is assumed that these modifiers determine the time of activity of the ix gene and thus determine the degree of hermaphroditism.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: