Theory for why dioecious plants have equal length sex chromosomes

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 979-984

  Gorelick, Root ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Cytosine methylation; Heteromorphic sex chromosomes; Muller's ratchet

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; DIOECY;

ANIMALIA; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 19544386425     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.92.6.979     Document Type: Review

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