Sex determination: why so many ways of doing it?
Sexual reproduction is an ancient feature of life on earth, and the familiar X and Y chromosomes in humans and other model species have led to the impression that sex determination mechanisms are old and conserved. In fact, males and females are determined by diverse mechanisms that evolve rapidly i...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2014-07-01
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Series: | PLoS Biology |
Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24983465/pdf/?tool=EBI |