Molecular markers and Y chromosome evolution in Silene, section Elisanthe
This dissertation focuses on dioecious angiosperms with a genetic system of sex determination based on a pair of heteromorphic sex chromosomes. Silene latifolia and S. dioica (Caryophyllaceae), with their X/Y mechanism and heterogametic males, have become model organisms for the study of genetic sex...
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
1998
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI9823731 |