Plant sex chromosome evolution

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 405-420

  Charlesworth, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hermaphrodite; papaya; recombination suppression; Silene; transposable element; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PLANT; PLANT CHROMOSOME; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PLANTS; SEX CHROMOSOMES;

CARICA PAPAYA; SILENE;

EID: 84872318678     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers322     Document Type: Review

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