Tackling the diversity of sex determination

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-9

  Wedekind, Claus ^a   Stelkens, Rike B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Genetic degeneration; Genomic conflict; Sex chromosomes; Sex genes; Zygotic drive

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENE; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENOMICS; SEX DETERMINATION;

ALPS;

EID: 77449160348     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0573     Document Type: Conference Paper

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