Article
Genetic sex determination mechanisms and evolution.
BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology - 1 Apr 1992
Hodgkin J
Abstract excerpt
Different animal groups exhibit a surprisingly diversity of sex determination systems. Moreover, even systems that are superficially similar may utilize different underlying mechanisms. This diversity is illustrated by a comparison of sex determination in three well-studied model organisms: the f...
Topics
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- Caenorhabditis
- Drosophila
- Mice
- Models, Genetic
- Phenotype
- Sex Determination Analysis