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+[[!meta title="Three genomes in the algal genus Volvox reveal the fate of a haploid sex-determining region after a transition to homothallism"]]
+[[!tag chromosome sex plankton]]
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+Yamamoto K, Hamaji T, Kawai-Toyooka H, Matsuzaki R, Takahashi F, Nishimura Y, Kawachi M, Noguchi H, Minakuchi Y, Umen JG, Toyoda A, Nozaki H.
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+Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 May 25;118(21):e2100712118. doi:10.1073/pnas.2100712118
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+Three genomes in the algal genus Volvox reveal the fate of a haploid sex-determining region after a transition to homothallism
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+[[!pmid 34011609 desc="_Volvox_ has a sex-determining region (SDR) of ~1 Mb. The homothallic species _Volvox africanus_ has a SDR-like region ressembling the female one, and a multicopy array of the male-determining gene (MID) at a different location."]]