The Evolution of Sex Determination
Sexual reproduction is a fundamental aspect of life. It is defined by the occurrence of meiosis and the fusion of two gametes of different sexes or mating types. Genetic mechanisms for the determination and differentiation of the two sexes are diverse and evolutionary labile. This book synthesizes the contemporary literature on patterns and processes of sex determination evolution. The first chapter introduces definitions and concepts of sexual reproduction. Chapter 2 provides a comprehensive classification of sex-determination systems and describes the diversity of sexual cycles across eukary ... More
Keywords: sexual reproduction, recombination, sexes, mating type, genotypic sex determination, epigenetic sex differentiation, sex chromosome, sex ratio, selection, genetic conflict
| Print publication date: 2014 | Print ISBN-13: 9780199657148 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: August 2014 | DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199657148.001.0001 |
