Sex reversal: A fountain of youth for sex chromosomes?

Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3043-3049

  Perrin, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ectothermy; Muller's ratchet; Recombination; Sex determination; Sex antagonistic genes

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ECTOTHERMY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX REVERSAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX REVERSAL, GONADAL;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70450185025     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00837.x     Document Type: Article

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