title: The epigenetic sole of sex and dosage compensation.
abstract: Sex chromosomes in mammals, birds, reptiles and fish represent many independent evolutionary events, but there is spectacular convergence and stunning parallels. A new study details the early stages of ZW differentiation and sex determination in a flatfish and the establishment of dosage compensation and sex reversal by epigenetic mechanisms including DNA methylation.
authors.affiliation: La Trobe Institute of Molecular Science, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Jennifer A Marshall
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Graves
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005260:Female; D005412:Flatfishes / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D012730:Sex Chromosomes / Q000235:genetics*