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A partially sex-reversed giant kelp sheds light into the mechanisms of sexual differentiation in a UV sexual system.
The New phytologist - 1 Oct 2021
Müller Dieter G, Gaschet Enora, Godfroy Olivier, Gueno Josselin, Cossard Guillaume, Kunert Maritta, Peters Akira F, Westermeier Renato, Boland Wilhelm, Cock J Mark, Lipinska Agnieszka P, Coelho Susana M
Abstract excerpt
In UV sexual systems, sex is determined during the haploid phase of the life cycle and males have a V chromosome whereas females have a U chromosome. Previous work in the brown alga Ectocarpus revealed that the V chromosome has a dominant role in male sex determination and suggested that the female developmental programme may occur by 'default'. Here, we describe the identification of a genetically male giant...
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