Representative confocal images of a control testis (top row), a testis somatically depleted of chinmo (middle row), and a testis with somatic co-depletion of chinmo and zld (bottom row). Testes are stained for Vasa (gray), Fas3 (green, grayscale), and Tj (magenta).
How is somatic gonadal #sex fate maintained throughout adulthood? This study identifies a post-transcriptional mechanism involving repression of the TF Zelda by #miRNAs, safeguarding male identity & preventing activation of the female program in #Drosophila #testis @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4pMT6hq