Maleness-on-the-Y ( MoY ) orchestrates male sex determination in major agricultural fruit fly pests

Making males in a fruit fly pest The Mediterranean fruit fly or Medfly ( Ceratitis capitata ) is a global and highly destructive fruit pest. Meccariello et al. identified the master gene for male sex determination on the Y chromosome of Medfly and named it Maleness-on-the-Y ( MoY ) (see the Perspect... View More