Open AccessSex Change by Gene Conversion in a Caenorhabditis elegans fog-2 Mutant
Author(s) -
Vaishali Katju,
Elisa M. LaBeau,
Kendra J. Lipinski,
Ulfar Bergthorsson
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.792
H-Index - 246
eISSN - 1943-2631
pISSN - 0016-6731
DOI - 10.1534/genetics.108.090035
Subject(s) - biology , caenorhabditis elegans , genetics , hermaphrodite , mutant , locus (genetics) , caenorhabditis , outcrossing , gene , mutation , zoology , ecology , pollen
Caenorhabditis elegans primarily reproduces as a hermaphrodite. Independent gene conversion events in mutant obligately outcrossing populations of C. elegans [fog-2(lf)] spontaneously repaired the loss-of-function mutation in the fog-2 locus, thereby reestablishing hermaphroditism as the primary means of reproduction for the populations.
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