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SCIENCE
卷 365, 期 6460, 页码 1457-+出版社
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.aax1318
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- Coordination Research Projects (CRP) of the Joint FAO/IAEA Division
- University of Naples Federico II [R-Dept-Biol-2015-18, STAR2013_25]
- SNSF [31003A_143883, 31003A_175841]
- University of Zurich
- BBSRC [BB/P000843/1]
- NIH [AI121284, AI123338]
- MIUR [79 04.02.2014]
- Compute Canada [WST-164-AB]
- Genome Canada GIN [244819]
- Fulbright Stavros Niarchos Greek Diaspora Fellowship
- Hellenic IKY Fellowship
- OMIC-Engine, a Greek Research Infrastructure Program on Synthetic Biology
- Czech Science Foundation [17-17211S, 17-13713S]
- BBSRC [BB/P000843/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [31003A_143883] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
In insects, rapidly evolving primary sex-determining signals are transduced by a conserved regulatory module controlling sexual differentiation. In the agricultural pest Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly, or Medfly), we identified a Y-linked gene, Maleness-on-the-Y (MoY), encoding a small protein that is necessary and sufficient for male development. Silencing or disruption of MoY in XY embryos causes feminization, whereas overexpression of MoY in XX embryos induces masculinization. Crosses between transformed XY females and XX males give rise to males and females, indicating that a Y chromosome can be transmitted by XY females. MoY is Y-linked and functionally conserved in other species of the Tephritidae family, highlighting its potential to serve as a tool for developing more effective control strategies against these major agricultural insect pests.
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