title: [Evolution of the sex determination in mammals].
abstract: This review summarizes current concepts concerning the evolution of sex chromosomes and the cascade of sex-determining genes in mammals. Untypical sex-determination systems in rodents lacking the Y-chromosome and Sry gene are considered using Ellobius as an example.
authors.forename: I Iu
authors.initials: IIu
authors.lastname: Baklushinskaia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008322:Mammals / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D019849:Sex Determination Processes; D014960:X Chromosome / Q000235:genetics*; D014998:Y Chromosome / Q000235:genetics*