From: Sex and the single embryo: early deveopment in the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata
Gene, (symbol), GenBank Acc. | Drosophilagene, FlyBase ID | Alignment length (aa) | e-Value | Identity (%) | Similarity (%) | D. melanogastergene functions | D. melanogastergene expression during early embryogenesis |
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CcZelda (CcZld) FG073766 | Zelda(zld) CG12701 | 138 | 4E-43 | 54 | 66 | zinc-finger transcription factor involved in MTZ process and neuronal development | maternal origin |
Ccsisterless A (CcsisA) FG075887 | sisterless-a (sisA) CG1641 | 180 | 3E-13 | 26 | 49 | transcription factor forming the primary signal of the sex-determination cascade (XSEs) and involved in endoderm development | expressed in female zygote at the end of nuclear cycle 8 (1:12 h) |
Ccdeadpan (Ccdpn) FG076265 | deadpan (dpn) CG8704 | 48 | 1E-10 | 75 | 83 | transcription factor forming the primary signal of the sex-determination cascade (autosomal) and involved in dendrite morphogenesis | expressed in the zygote starting from nuclear cycle 12 (2 h) |
Ccgroucho (Ccgro) FG077761 | groucho (gro) CG8384 | 217 | 6E-07 | 97 | 98 | corepressor of transcription forming the primary signal of the sex-determination cascade (autosomal) and involved in dendrite morphogenesis | maternal origin, gro transcripts are detectable until stage 11 after complete gastrulation (5:20 h) |
CcSex-lethal (CcSxl) AF026145 | Sex lethal (Sxl) CG18350 | 346 | 5E-113 | 66 | 73 | RNA-binding protein, member of the sex-determination molecular cascade | expressed in the zygote starting from nuclear cycle 12-13 (2 h) |
Cctransformer (Cctra) AF434936 AF434937 AF434938 | transformer (tra) CG16724 | 11 | 4E-03 | 72 | 90 | RNA-binding protein, member of the sex-determination molecular cascade | maternal origin; an increased amount of tra transcripts is detectable 2-3 h after oviposition |
Cctransformer2 (Cctra2) EU437408 | transformer2 (tra2) CG10128 | 166 | 2E-42 | 56 | 72 | RNA-binding protein, member of the sex-determination molecular cascade | maternal origin. No change in tra2 transcript amount is detectable after 2-3 h and in chromosome 2R deleted embryos |
Ccdoublesex (Ccdsx) AF434935 AF435087 | doublesex CG11094 | 336a 248b | 2E-55 1E-56 | 68 85 | 77 91 | zinc-finger transcription factor involved in sex differentiation process | dsx transcripts are first detectable during stage 11 (9:20 h) in the fat bodies and gonad primordia |
Ccsans-fille (Ccsnf) FG082648 | sans fille (snf) CG4528 | 80 | 2E-39 | 97 | 98 | U1 snRNA binding protein involved in sex-determination and oogenesis | the SNF protein localizes to the nucleus in all tissues during development |
Ccfemale-lethal d (Ccfl(2)d) FG070226 FG073068 FG071876 | female lethal d (fl(2)d CG6315 | 493 | 3E-91 | 47 | 53 | RNA splicing factor involved in sex-determination and female-germline sex-determination | maternal origin |
Ccintersex (Ccix) FG072637 | intersex (ix) CG13201 | 142 | 2E-54 | 71 | 85 | transcription factor binding protein involved in sex-differentiation process | maternal origin; an increased amount of ix transcripts is detectable 2-3 h after oviposition |
CcRho1 (CcRho1) FG083938 | Rho1 (Rho1) CG8416 | 178 | 5E-101 | 100 | 100 | protein kinase coupled with GTPase activity involved in cellular-blastoderm formation | maternal origin |
Ccspaghetti-squash (Ccsqh) FG077819 | spaghetti squash (sqh) CG3595 | 153 | 1E-83 | 96 | 98 | myosin heavy chain binding protein coupled with ATPase activity involved in cellularization and ovarian follicle cell development | maternal origin |
Ccslow-as-molasses (Ccslam) FG068639 FJ460697 | slow as molasses (slam) CG9506 | 836 | 4E-98 | 32 | 48 | protein of unknown function involved in cellularization | slam expression rapidly increases during cycle 11 (1:45 h) and peaks during cycle 14 (2:30 h) |
Ccserendipity-α (Ccsry-α) FG072156 FJ460703 | CG8247 | 629 | 3E-91 | 33 | 55 | Similar to serendipity-α gene product, involved in cellularization | maternal origin |