Evolution of dioecy: can nuclear-cytoplasmic interactions select for maleness?

doi:10.1038/hdy.1994.181

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Evolution of dioecy: can nuclear-cytoplasmic interactions select for maleness?

Heredity - 1 Oct 1994

Maurice S, Belhassen E, Couvet D, Gouyon P H

Abstract excerpt

A model of evolution of reproductive systems, when sex is determined by both nuclear and cytoplasmic genes, is presented. Such a control of sex is known to facilitate the occurrence of female individuals in hermaphroditic populations, thus leading to gynodioecy. A two-cytotypes two-nuclear loci (...

Topics

Biological Evolution
Cell Nucleus
Chromosome Mapping
Computer Simulation
Cytoplasm
Disorders of Sex Development
Genotype
Models, Genetic
Plants
Polymorphism, Genetic
Selection, Genetic
Sex Determination Analysis
Sex Ratio

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