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Chromosomal sex-determining regions in animals, plants and fungi.

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Fraser, JA; Heitman, J
Published in: Curr Opin Genet Dev
December 2005

The independent evolution of sex chromosomes in many eukaryotic species raises questions about the evolutionary forces that drive their formation. Recent advances in our understanding of these genomic structures in mammals in parallel with alternate models such as the monotremes, fish, dioecious plants, and fungi support the idea of a remarkable convergence in structure to form large, non-recombining regions with discrete evolutionary strata. The discovery that evolutionary events similar to those that have transpired in humans have also occurred during the formation of sex chromosomes in organisms as divergent as the plant Silene, the fungus Cryptococcus and the fish medaka highlights the importance of future studies in these systems. Such investigation will broaden our knowledge of the evolution and plasticity of these ubiquitous genomic features underlying sexual dimorphism and reproduction.

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Curr Opin Genet Dev

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0959-437X

Publication Date

December 2005

Volume

15

Issue

6

Start / End Page

645 / 651

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Sex Determination Processes
  • Sex Chromosomes
  • Plants
  • Humans
  • Fungi
  • Evolution, Molecular
  • Developmental Biology
  • Animals
  • 3105 Genetics
  • 3101 Biochemistry and cell biology
 

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Fraser, J. A., & Heitman, J. (2005). Chromosomal sex-determining regions in animals, plants and fungi. Curr Opin Genet Dev, 15(6), 645–651. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gde.2005.09.002
Fraser, James A., and Joseph Heitman. “Chromosomal sex-determining regions in animals, plants and fungi.Curr Opin Genet Dev 15, no. 6 (December 2005): 645–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gde.2005.09.002.
Fraser JA, Heitman J. Chromosomal sex-determining regions in animals, plants and fungi. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 2005 Dec;15(6):645–51.
Fraser, James A., and Joseph Heitman. “Chromosomal sex-determining regions in animals, plants and fungi.Curr Opin Genet Dev, vol. 15, no. 6, Dec. 2005, pp. 645–51. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.gde.2005.09.002.
Fraser JA, Heitman J. Chromosomal sex-determining regions in animals, plants and fungi. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 2005 Dec;15(6):645–651.
Journal cover image

Published In

Curr Opin Genet Dev

DOI

ISSN

0959-437X

Publication Date

December 2005

Volume

15

Issue

6

Start / End Page

645 / 651

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Sex Determination Processes
  • Sex Chromosomes
  • Plants
  • Humans
  • Fungi
  • Evolution, Molecular
  • Developmental Biology
  • Animals
  • 3105 Genetics
  • 3101 Biochemistry and cell biology