Sex chromosomes and sex determination pathway dynamics in plant and animal models

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 737-752

  Janousek, Bohuslav ^a   Mrackova, Martina ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Evolution; Hybrid zones; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME; GENOTYPE; HYBRID; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANT; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77954719664     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01470.x     Document Type: Review

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