CGC Bibliography Paper 5120

Turning clustering loops: sex determination in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Goodwin EB, Ellis RE

Medline:

11839294

Citation:

Current Biology 12: R111-R120 2002

Type:

REVIEW

Genes:

egl-1 fbf-1 fbf-2 fem-1 fem-2 fem-3 fog-1 fog-2 fog-3 fox-1 gld-1 her-1 laf-1 mab-3 mog-1 mog-2 mog-3 mog-4 mog-5 mog-6 sdc-1 sdc-2 sdc-3 sex-1 tra-1 tra-2 xol-1

Abstract:

The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has two sexes: males and hermaphrodites. Hermaphrodites are essentially female animals that produce sperm and oocytes. In the past few years tremendous progress has been made towards understanding how sexual identity is controlled in the worm. These analyses have revealed that the regulatory pathway controlling sexual development is far from linear and that it contains a number of loops and branches that play crucial roles in regulating sexual development. This review summarizes our current understanding of the mechanisms that regulate sexual cell fate in C. elegans.