Sex as a response to oxidative stress: A twofold increase in cellular reactive oxygen species activates sex genes

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1548, 2004, Pages 1591-1596

  Nedelcu, Aurora M ^a,c   Marcu, Oana ^b   Michod, Richard E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Facultatively sexual species; Oxidative stress; Reactive oxygen species; Sexual induction; Volvox caneri

Indexed keywords

ANTIMYCIN A1; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

OXIDATION;

ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; GENE ACTIVATION; GREEN ALGA; HEAT; MITOCHONDRIAL ENERGY TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VOLVOX CARTERI;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; VOLVOX; VOLVOX CARTERI;

EID: 3242889639     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2747     Document Type: Article

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