title: Sex determination: ways to evolve a hermaphrodite.
abstract: Most species of the nematode genus Caenorhabditis reproduce through males and females; C. elegans and C. briggsae, however, produce self-fertile hermaphrodites instead of females. These transitions to hermaphroditism evolved convergently through distinct modifications of germline sex determination mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS - Universités Paris 6 & 7, Tour 43, 2 place Jussieu, 75251 Paris cedex 05, France. braendle@ijm.jussieu.fr
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Braendle
authors.forename: Marie-Anne
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Félix
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D002107:Caenorhabditis / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D012734:Disorders of Sex Development; D005854:Germ Cells / Q000502:physiology; D015801:Helminth Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D019849:Sex Determination Processes; D013091:Spermatogenesis / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D015801:Helminth Proteins