Sex determination: why so many ways of doing it?
Sex determination: why so many ways of doing it?
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DOI:
10.1371/journal.pbio.1001899
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发表时间:
2014-07
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影响因子:
9.8
通讯作者:
Tree of Sex Consortium
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作者:
Bachtrog D;Mank JE;Peichel CL;Kirkpatrick M;Otto SP;Ashman TL;Hahn MW;Kitano J;Mayrose I;Ming R;Perrin N;Ross L;Valenzuela N;Vamosi JC;Tree of Sex Consortium
Sex is universal amongst most eukaryotes, yet a remarkable diversity of sex determining mechanisms exists. We review our current understanding of how and why sex determination evolves in animals and plants. Sexual reproduction is an ancient feature of life on earth, and the familiar X and Y chromosomes in humans and other model species have led to the impression that sex determination mechanisms are old and conserved. In fact, males and females are determined by diverse mechanisms that evolve rapidly in many taxa. Yet this diversity in primary sex-determining signals is coupled with conserved molecular pathways that trigger male or female development. Conflicting selection on different parts of the genome and on the two sexes may drive many of these transitions, but few systems with rapid turnover of sex determination mechanisms have been rigorously studied. Here we survey our current understanding of how and why sex determination evolves in animals and plants and identify important gaps in our knowledge that present exciting research opportunities to characterize the evolutionary forces and molecular pathways underlying the evolution of sex determination.
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