PF11671

Complementary sex determiner protein

Pfam entry
Member databasePfam
Pfam typefamily
Short nameApis_Csd
Author Pollington J;0000-0002-8158-8998
Sequence Ontology0100021

Description

This family of proteins represents the complementary sex determiner in the honeybee. In the honeybee, the mechanism of sex determination depends on the csd gene which produces an SR-type protein. Males are homozygous while females are homozygous for the csd gene. Heterozygosity generates an active protein which initiates female development
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References

1.The dice of fate: the csd gene and how its allelic composition regulates sexual development in the honey bee, Apis mellifera. Beye M. Bioessays 26, 1131-9, (2004). View articlePMID: 15382141

Further reading

2. The gene csd is the primary signal for sexual development in the honeybee and encodes an SR-type protein. Beye M, Hasselmann M, Fondrk MK, Page RE, Omholt SW. Cell 114, 419-29, (2003). View articlePMID: 12941271

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