Evolution of Sexes from an Ancestral Mating-Type Specification Pathway

PLoS Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1-16

  Geng, Sa ^a   De Hoff, Peter ^b,c   Umen, James G ^a  

^a DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c Synthetic Genomics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VCMID PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHLAMYDOMONADALES; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GERM CELL; HERMAPHRODITE; MALE; MATING TYPE; MID GENE; MT GENE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; VOLVOX CARTERI;

EID: 84905376725     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001904     Document Type: Article

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