title: The genetics of sex: exploring differences.
abstract: In this commentary, Michelle Arbeitman et al., examine the topic of the Genetics of Sex as explored in this month's issues of GENETICS and G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics. These inaugural articles are part of a joint Genetics of Sex collection (ongoing) in the GSA journals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306 michelle.arbeitman@med.fsu.edu.
authors.forename: Michelle N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Arbeitman
authors.affiliation: Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, California 95616.
authors.forename: Artyom
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kopp
authors.affiliation: Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, Department of Biology, New York University, New York, New York 10003.
authors.forename: Mark L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Siegal
authors.affiliation: Biology Department, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Van Doren
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005854:Germ Cells; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012641:Selection, Genetic; D012730:Sex Chromosomes; D019849:Sex Determination Processes / Q000235:genetics*
keywords: gametogenesis; genetics of sex; mating type; meiosis; sex; sex chromosome; sex determination