The relative and absolute frequencies of angiosperm sexual systems: dioecy, monoecy, gynodioecy, and an updated online database

SS Renner - American Journal of botany, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
• Premise of the study: Separating sexual function between different individuals carries risks,
especially for sedentary organisms. Nevertheless, many land plants have unisexual …

Plant sex chromosomes defy evolutionary models of expanding recombination suppression and genetic degeneration

SS Renner, NA Müller - Nature plants, 2021 - nature.com
Hundreds of land plant lineages have independently evolved separate sexes in either
gametophytes (dioicy) or sporophytes (dioecy), but 43% of all dioecious angiosperms are …

Two Y-chromosome-encoded genes determine sex in kiwifruit

T Akagi, SM Pilkington, E Varkonyi-Gasic, IM Henry… - Nature plants, 2019 - nature.com
Dioecy, the presence of male and female individuals, has evolved independently in multiple
flowering plant lineages,–. Although theoretical models for the evolution of dioecy, such as …

A Y-chromosome–encoded small RNA acts as a sex determinant in persimmons

T Akagi, IM Henry, R Tao, L Comai - Science, 2014 - science.org
In plants, multiple lineages have evolved sex chromosomes independently, providing a
powerful comparative framework, but few specific determinants controlling the expression of …

[图书][B] The evolution of sex determination

LW Beukeboom, N Perrin - 2014 - books.google.com
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. Sex-determination …

Evolutionary genomics of grape (Vitis vinifera ssp. vinifera) domestication

Y Zhou, M Massonnet, JS Sanjak… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
We gathered genomic data from grapes (Vitis vinifera ssp. vinifera), a clonally propagated
perennial crop, to address three ongoing mysteries about plant domestication. The first is the …

A Y-encoded suppressor of feminization arose via lineage-specific duplication of a cytokinin response regulator in kiwifruit

T Akagi, IM Henry, H Ohtani, T Morimoto… - The Plant …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Dioecy, the presence of male and female flowers on distinct individuals, has evolved
independently in multiple plant lineages, and the genes involved in this differential …

[HTML][HTML] Frequency, origins, and evolutionary role of chromosomal inversions in plants

K Huang, LH Rieseberg - Frontiers in plant science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Chromosomal inversions have the potential to play an important role in evolution by
reducing recombination between favorable combinations of alleles. Until recently, however …

[HTML][HTML] How to make a sex chromosome

AE Wright, R Dean, F Zimmer, JE Mank - Nature communications, 2016 - nature.com
Sex chromosomes can evolve once recombination is halted between a homologous pair of
chromosomes. Owing to detailed studies using key model systems, we have a nuanced …

[HTML][HTML] A willow sex chromosome reveals convergent evolution of complex palindromic repeats

R Zhou, D Macaya-Sanz, CH Carlson, J Schmutz… - Genome biology, 2020 - Springer
Background Sex chromosomes have arisen independently in a wide variety of species, yet
they share common characteristics, including the presence of suppressed recombination …