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Evolution of sex determination systems with heterogametic males and females in silene.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Dec 2013
Slancarova Veronika, Zdanska Jana, Janousek Bohuslav, Talianova Martina, Zschach Christian, Zluvova Jitka, Siroky Jiri, Kovacova Viera, Blavet Hana, Danihelka Jiri, Oxelman Bengt, Widmer Alex, Vyskot Boris
Abstract excerpt
The plant genus Silene has become a model for evolutionary studies of sex chromosomes and sex-determining mechanisms. A recent study performed in Silene colpophylla showed that dioecy and the sex chromosomes in this species evolved independently from those in Silene latifolia, the most widely studied dioecious Silene species. The results of this study show that the sex-determining system in Silene otites, a...
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