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The document describes how sex is determined in Drosophila melanogaster. Sex determination is achieved through a regulated cascade of alternative splicing events controlled by the ratio of X chromosomes to autosomes. The activation or inactivation of the sex-lethal gene (SXL) initiates the cascade, which involves the proteins SXL, TRA, and DSX that control the splicing of mRNAs to determine the expression of male or female genes. It also describes mutations and their classification in Drosophila, including

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