Default Sex and Single Gene Sex Determination in Dioecious Plants

A well-established hypothesis for the evolution of dioecy involves two genes linked at a sex-determining region (SDR). Recently there has been increased interest in possible single gene sex determination. Work in Populus has finally provided direct experimental evidence for single gene sex determina...

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Main Authors: Quentin Cronk, Niels A. Müller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
OGI
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2020.01162/full