Evolution of sexual systems, sex chromosomes and sex-linked gene transcription in flatworms and roundworms

Transitions between hermaphroditic and separate sexes are relatively understudied in animals compared to pants. Here, Wang et al. reconstruct the evolution of separate sexes in the flatworms and complex changes of sex chromosomes in the roundworms.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yifeng Wang, Robin B. Gasser, Deborah Charlesworth, Qi Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30578-z