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: Received: 28 June 2017 / Approved: 30 June 2017 / Online: 30 June 2017 (07:28:18 CEST)
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Breton, S.; Capt, C.; Guerra, D.; Stewart, D. Sex Determining Mechanisms in Bivalves. Preprints2017, 2017060127. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201706.0127.v1
Breton, S.; Capt, C.; Guerra, D.; Stewart, D. Sex Determining Mechanisms in Bivalves. Preprints 2017, 2017060127. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201706.0127.v1
Breton, S.; Capt, C.; Guerra, D.; Stewart, D. Sex Determining Mechanisms in Bivalves. Preprints2017, 2017060127. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201706.0127.v1
APA Style
Breton, S., Capt, C., Guerra, D., & Stewart, D. (2017). Sex Determining Mechanisms in Bivalves. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201706.0127.v1
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Breton, S., Davide Guerra and Donald Stewart. 2017 "Sex Determining Mechanisms in Bivalves" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201706.0127.v1
Abstract
In this review, we provide an overview of the current knowledge on the different sexual systems and sex determining mechanisms in bivalves, with a focus on the various epigenetic and genetic factors that may be involved. The final section of the review provides recent discoveries on sex-specific mitochondrial genes in bivalves possessing the unconventional system of doubly uniparental inheritance of mitochondria (which is found in several members of the orders Mytiloida, Unionoida, Veneroida and Nuculanoida). The genes involved in this developmental pathway could represent the first sex determination system in animals in which mitochondrially-encoded genes are directly involved.
Keywords
sex determination; exual systems; bivalvia; mitochondria
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Animal Science, Veterinary Science and Zoology
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This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
