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The sex-specific region of sex chromosomes in animals and plants.
Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology - 1 Jan 2012
Gschwend Andrea R, Weingartner Laura A, Moore Richard C, Ming Ray
Abstract excerpt
Our understanding of the evolution of sex chromosomes has increased greatly in recent years due to a number of molecular evolutionary investigations in divergent sex chromosome systems, and these findings are reshaping theories of sex chromosome evolution. In particular, the dynamics of the sex-determining region (SDR) have been demonstrated by recent findings in ancient and incipient sex chromosomes. Radical...
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