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Origins of eukaryotic sexual reproduction.

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Goodenough, U; Heitman, J
Published in: Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol
March 1, 2014
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Sexual reproduction is a nearly universal feature of eukaryotic organisms. Given its ubiquity and shared core features, sex is thought to have arisen once in the last common ancestor to all eukaryotes. Using the perspectives of molecular genetics and cell biology, we consider documented and hypothetical scenarios for the instantiation and evolution of meiosis, fertilization, sex determination, uniparental inheritance of organelle genomes, and speciation.

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Joseph Heitman
Author Joseph Heitman Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

Published In

Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol

DOI

10.1101/cshperspect.a016154

EISSN

1943-0264

Publication Date

March 1, 2014

Volume

6

Issue

3

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Sex Determination Processes
  • Reproduction
  • Ploidies
  • Meiosis
  • Genetic Speciation
  • Fertilization
  • Eukaryota
  • Biological Evolution
  • 3105 Genetics
  • 3101 Biochemistry and cell biology
 

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Goodenough, U., & Heitman, J. (2014). Origins of eukaryotic sexual reproduction. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol, 6(3). https://doi.org/10.1101/cshperspect.a016154
Goodenough, Ursula, and Joseph Heitman. “Origins of eukaryotic sexual reproduction.” Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 6, no. 3 (March 1, 2014). https://doi.org/10.1101/cshperspect.a016154.
Goodenough U, Heitman J. Origins of eukaryotic sexual reproduction. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 2014 Mar 1;6(3).
Goodenough, Ursula, and Joseph Heitman. “Origins of eukaryotic sexual reproduction.” Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol, vol. 6, no. 3, Mar. 2014. Pubmed, doi:10.1101/cshperspect.a016154.
Goodenough U, Heitman J. Origins of eukaryotic sexual reproduction. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 2014 Mar 1;6(3).

Published In

Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol

DOI

10.1101/cshperspect.a016154

EISSN

1943-0264

Publication Date

March 1, 2014

Volume

6

Issue

3

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Sex Determination Processes
  • Reproduction
  • Ploidies
  • Meiosis
  • Genetic Speciation
  • Fertilization
  • Eukaryota
  • Biological Evolution
  • 3105 Genetics
  • 3101 Biochemistry and cell biology