Convergent evolution of chromosomal sex-determining regions in the animal and fungal kingdoms

PLoS Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  Fraser, James A ^a   Diezmann, Stephanie ^a   Subaran, Ryan L ^a   Allen, Andria ^a   Lengeler, Klaus B ^a,b   Dietrich, Fred S ^a   Heitman, Joseph ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONVERSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MATING TYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMOSOME; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS; GENDER AND SEX; GENE LIBRARY; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; MAMMALIA;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CHROMOSOMES; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGI; GENE CONVERSION; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENOME; GENOME, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 9444275028     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020384     Document Type: Article

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