Sex chromosomes: How to make a hermaphrodite

Jenna T B Ekwealor; Scott W Roy

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2023.09.038

Sex chromosomes: How to make a hermaphrodite

Curr Biol. 2023 Nov 6;33(21):R1150-R1152. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.09.038.

Authors

Jenna T B Ekwealor¹, Scott W Roy²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 94132, USA; Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, USA. Electronic address: ekwealor@sfsu.edu.
² Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 94132, USA. Electronic address: roy@sfsu.edu.

PMID: 37935128
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.09.038

Abstract

The existence of sex chromosomes complicates the evolution of cosexuality (hermaphroditism). Four new genomic studies from haploid-dominant plants show commonalities and differences in mechanisms of the evolution of cosexuality, raising questions about the genetics of sexual dimorphism and the fate of cosexual lineages.

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MeSH terms

Chromosomes
Disorders of Sex Development* / genetics
Genome
Plants / genetics
Sex Characteristics
Sex Chromosomes* / genetics