The evolution of sex determination associated with a chromosomal inversion

Heini M. Natri; Juha Merilä; Takahito Shikano

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-08014-y

Nature Communications (Jan 2019)

The evolution of sex determination associated with a chromosomal inversion

Heini M. Natri,
Juha Merilä,
Takahito Shikano

Affiliations

Heini M. Natri: Ecological Genetics Research Unit, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki
Juha Merilä: Ecological Genetics Research Unit, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki
Takahito Shikano: Ecological Genetics Research Unit, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08014-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Turnovers in sex determination systems occur quite frequently, yet the evolutionary drivers of these turnovers are not well understood. Here, the authors study the sex determination systems in sticklebacks and propose chromosomal inversions as a possible driver of the evolution of sex determination.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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