Sex Determination

Yadav, A.K., Butler, C., Yamamoto, A., Patil, A.A., Lloyd, A.L. and Scott, M.J. (2023) CRISPR-Cas9 based split homing gene-drive targeting doublesex for population suppression of the global fruit pest, Drosophila suzukii. PNAS, 120 (25): e2301525120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2301525120.

Scott, M. J. (2021). Sex Determination and Dosage Compensation: femaleless is the link in Anopheles mosquitoes. Curr. Biol. 31: R260-R263.  web

Scott, M.J., Pimsler, M.L. and Tarone, A.M. (2014) Sex determination mechanisms in calliphorids (blow flies), Sexual Development, 8: 29-37.doi: 10.1159/000357132 web

Li, F., Vensko II, S.P., Belikoff, E.J. and Scott, M.J. (2013) Conservation and sex-specific splicing of the transformer gene in the calliphorids Cochliomyia hominivorax, Cochliomyia macellaria and Lucilia sericata. PLoS ONE, 8(2):e56303. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056303 web

Concha C., Li F. and Scott M. J. (2010) Conservation and sex-specific splicing of the doublesex gene in the economically important pest species Lucilia cuprina. J. Genet. 89: 279–285 web

Concha, C. and Scott, M.J. (2009) Sexual development in Lucilia cuprina (Diptera, Calliphoridae) is controlled by the transformer gene. Genetics 182: 785–798. doi:10.1534/genetics.109.100982 web