The evolution of sex-determining mechanisms: Lessons from temperature-sensitive mutations in sex determination genes in Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 192-200

  Chandler, C H ^a,c   Phillips, P C ^b   Janzen, F J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c 251 Bessey Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Environmental sex determination; Fitness; Pleiotropy; Sex ratio; Temperature dependent sex determination

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRA 2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; TRA-2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; MUTATION; NEMATODE; PLEIOTROPY; REPRODUCTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; GENETICS; MALE; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; REPRODUCTION; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 58149101791     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01639.x     Document Type: Article

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