Evolution of sexes from an ancestral mating-type specification pathway.
Male and female sexes have evolved repeatedly in eukaryotes but the origins of dimorphic sexes and their relationship to mating types in unicellular species are not understood. Volvocine algae include isogamous species such as Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, with two equal-sized mating types, and oogamou...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2014-07-01
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| Series: | PLoS Biology |
| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/25003332/?tool=EBI |