Why two sexes? Sex determination in multicellular organisms and protistan mating types

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 348-349

  Haag, Eric S ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; GENDER; HYPOTHESIS; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; PLOIDY; SEX DETERMINATION;

PROTISTA;

EID: 34547689186     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2007.05.009     Document Type: Editorial

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