Evolutionary biology: the origins of two sexes.
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.
Charlesworth
Deborah
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Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, Ashworth Lab. King's Buildings, W. Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, UK. deborah.charlesworth@ed.ac.uk
Charlesworth
Brian
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D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal