X-linked gene expression and sex determi
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Philip M. Meneely
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Article
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1990
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The signal for 'sex determination in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is the ratio between the number of X chromosomes and the number of sets of autosomes (the X/A ratio). Animals with an X/A ratio of 0.67 (a triploid with two X chromosomes) or less are males. Animals with an X/A ratio of 0.75 or