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

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.

Identifying sex-linked regions in schistosomes and nematodes To systematically identify the sex-linked regions in each of these two deeply diverged phyla, we compiled sexual system information as we… [+45815 chars]

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