XB-FEAT-18006528

dmw

This is the community wiki page for the gene 'dmw' please feel free to add any information that is relevant to this gene that is not already captured elsewhere in Xenbase.

gene function

The dm-w gene is involved in sex determination in amphibians, and is related to (thus is a paralog of) the DMRT1 gene family which are sex determining genes in reptiles.

Hayashi et al 2023, Promoter generation for the chimeric sex-determining gene dm-W in Xenopus frogs, also concur, that there is no dm-w in X. tropicalis: [[1]]