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ReviewInsects2025

Sex Chromosome Dosage Compensation in Insects.

Xingcheng Xie, Yakun Zhang, Heyuan Peng, Zhongyuan Deng

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Review in Insects, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Xingcheng XieSchool of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China.
Yakun ZhangState Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China.
Heyuan PengSchool of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China.
Zhongyuan DengSchool of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3557-7278

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dosage compensation (DC) is of crucial importance in balancing the sex-linked gene expression between males and females. It serves to guarantee that the proteins or other enzymatic products encoded by the sex chromosome exhibit quantitative parity between the two genders. During the evolutionary process of achieving dose compensation, insects have developed a wide variety of mechanisms. There exist two primary modes of dosage compensation mechanisms, including the up-regulation of heterogametic sex chromosomes in the heterogamety and down-regulation of homogametic sex chromosomes in the homogamety. Although extensive investigations have been conducted on dosage compensation in model insects, many questions still remain unresolved. Meanwhile, research on non-model insects is attracting increasing attention. This paper systematically summarizes the current advances in the field of insect dosage compensation with respect to its types and mechanisms. The principal insects involved in this study include the

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dosage compensationdosage compensation complexgene expressionsex chromosomesex determination

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PMID40003790
PMCPMC11856597

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