Evolutionary Biology: The Origins of Two Sexes
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Evidence is accumulating that in the green algae the evolution of female and male gametes differing in size--anisogamy--involves genes linked to the mating-type locus, as was predicted theoretically.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Current Biology
دوره 20 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010