The genetics of sex: exploring differences

Michelle N Arbeitman; Artyom Kopp; Mark L Siegal; Mark Van Doren

doi:10.1534/g3.114.011692

The genetics of sex: exploring differences

G3 (Bethesda). 2014 Jun 17;4(6):979-81. doi: 10.1534/g3.114.011692.

Authors

Michelle N Arbeitman¹, Artyom Kopp², Mark L Siegal³, Mark Van Doren⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306 michelle.arbeitman@med.fsu.edu.
² Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, California 95616.
³ Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, Department of Biology, New York University, New York, New York 10003.
⁴ Biology Department, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218.

Abstract

In this commentary, Michelle Arbeitman et al., examine the topic of the Genetics of Sex as explored in this month's issues of GENETICS and G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics. These inaugural articles are part of a joint Genetics of Sex collection (ongoing) in the GSA journals.

Keywords: gametogenesis; genetics of sex; mating type; meiosis; sex; sex chromosome; sex determination.

Publication types

Editorial
Introductory Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Animals
Female
Germ Cells
Humans
Male
Selection, Genetic
Sex Chromosomes
Sex Determination Processes / genetics*

Grants and funding

R01 GM073039/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States