XY and ZW: is meiotic sex chromosome inactivation the rule in evolution?

PLoS Genet. 2009 May;5(5):e1000493. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000493. Epub 2009 May 22.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biological Evolution*
  • Birds / genetics
  • Dosage Compensation, Genetic
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mammals / genetics
  • Meiosis / genetics*
  • Sex Chromosomes / genetics*
  • Sex Determination Processes
  • X Chromosome Inactivation