The obscure events contributing to the evolution of an incipient sex chromosome in Populus: A retrospective working hypothesis

Tree Genetics and Genomes

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 559-571

  Tuskan, Gerald A ^a   DiFazio, Steve ^b   Faivre Rampant, Patricia ^c   Gaudet, Muriel ^d   Harfouche, Antoine ^d   Jorge, Véronique ^e   Labbé, Jessy L ^a   Ranjan, Priya ^a   Sabatti, Maurizio ^d   Slavov, Gancho ^f   Street, Nathaniel ^g   Tschaplinski, Timothy J ^a   Yin, Tongming ^h  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT SCIENCES PARIS SACLAY IPS2   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^e National Institute for Agricultural Research   (France)

^f ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gender determination; MicroRNA (miRNA); Nucleotide binding site leucine rich repeat (NBS LRR); Populus; Sex chromosome; Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP)

Indexed keywords

POPULUS; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA;

EID: 84862176143     PISSN: 16142942     EISSN: 16142950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11295-012-0495-6     Document Type: Review

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