Multiple nuclear gene phylogenetic analysis of the evolution of dioecy and sex chromosomes in the genus Silene.

In the plant genus Silene, separate sexes and sex chromosomes are believed to have evolved twice. Silene species that are wholly or largely hermaphroditic are assumed to represent the ancestral state from which dioecy evolved. This assumption is important for choice of outgroup species for inferring...

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Main Authors: Gabriel A B Marais, Alan Forrest, Esther Kamau, Jos Käfer, Vincent Daubin, Deborah Charlesworth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3154253?pdf=render