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Transition in sexual system and sex chromosome evolution in the tadpole shrimp Triops cancriformis.
Heredity - 1 Jul 2015
Mathers T C, Hammond R L, Jenner R A, Hänfling B, Atkins J, Gómez A
Abstract excerpt
Transitions in sexual system and reproductive mode may affect the course of sex chromosome evolution, for instance by altering the strength of sexually antagonistic selection. However, there have been few studies of sex chromosomes in systems where such transitions have been documented. The European tadpole shrimp, Triops cancriformis, has undergone a transition from dioecy to androdioecy (a sexual system where...
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