The evolutionary dynamics of sex determination.

doi:10.1126/science.281.5385.1990

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The evolutionary dynamics of sex determination.

Science (New York, N.Y.) - 25 Sept 1998

Marín I, Baker B S

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REVIEW There is substantial cytogenetic data indicating that the process of sex determination can evolve relatively rapidly. However, recent molecular studies on the evolution of the regulatory genes that control sex determination in the insect Drosophila melanogaster, the nematode Caenorhabditis...

Topics

Animals
Biological Evolution
Female
Gene Expression Regulation
Male
Mutation
Selection, Genetic
Sex Chromosomes
Sex Determination Processes

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