Sexual Dimorphism: Ecdysone Modulates Sex Differences in the Gut.

Curr Biol

Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, The University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada. Electronic address:

Published: November 2020

Sex differences in the Drosophila gut were discovered only recently. Recent work significantly extends our understanding of how steroid hormones specify these male-female differences by revealing a key role for ecdysone in regulating intestinal stem cell proliferation.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.08.088DOI Listing

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