The Masc–PSI complex directly induces male-type doublesex splicing in silkworms

Abstract The WZ sex determination system is found in a diverse range of animals, including lepidopteran insects. In the silkworm Bombyx mori, the masculinizing protein Masculinizer (BmMasc) induces the production of the male-type Bombyx mori doublesex (Bmdsx M ), which is the master genetic switch o...

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Main Authors: Tatsunori Kaneda, Noriko Matsuda-Imai, Hidetaka Kosako, Keisuke Shoji, Masataka G. Suzuki, Yutaka Suzuki, Takashi Kiuchi, Susumu Katsuma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-06-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-08350-y
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