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Millington, J.W., Rideout, E.J. (2020). Sexual Dimorphism: Ecdysone Modulates Sex Differences in the Gut.  Curr. Biol. 30(21): R1327--RR1330.
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FBrf0247124
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Abstract
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.
PubMed ID
33142105
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DOI
10.1016/j.cub.2020.08.088
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    Language of Publication
    English
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    Publication Type
    Journal
    Abbreviation
    Curr. Biol.
    Title
    Current Biology
    Publication Year
    1991-
    ISBN/ISSN
    0960-9822
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