Plant Sex Determination

Plant Sex Determination

Sex determination is as important for the fitness of plants as it is for animals, but its mechanisms appear to vary much more among plants than among animals, and the expression of gender in plants differs in important respects from that in most animals. In this Minireview, I provide an overview of the broad variety of ways in which plants determine sex. I suggest that several important peculia...

Plant genetics and cytogenetics , sex determination , somaclonal variation

Sex determination

struggled for years with parasites that evolve resistance to commonly used drugs. Why should it be any different in animals? Yet as far as we know, no study has ever looked at whether parasites become resistant to the chemicals in the plants that hosts use for protection, though in the Drosophila example referenced above, ethanol did not negatively affect larvae of specialist wasps as strongly ...

Sex determination

Of all the differences that distinguish people, the most obvious and most intriguing one is their sex. The relationship between males and females has had a profound influence on human civilization, causing wars and societal up heavals, and inspiring countless works of art, music and literature. For as long as humans have both struggled with and enjoyed the existence of the two sexes, they have ...

Sex determination methods in guppy (Poecilia reticulat)

Guppy, Poecilia reticulate, is a member of the Poecilidae family. This species is viviparous and one of the most popular ornamental fish in the world, whose phenotype is usually determined during the last ten days of pregnancy. However, most differentiation and development of secondary sexual traits are formed during adolescence, i.e. about 16 weeks after birth. These secondary characteristics ...