Emergence of Genetic Sex Determination in an Environmentally Sex-Determined Animal
Wen Wei, Man Lin, Trent Bishop, Ryan Shahriari, Yue Hao, Logan Graham, Bret L. Coggins, Hannah Lew, Emma Fonseca, Swatantra Neupane, Li Wang, Sen Xu, Erin Kim, Michael Lynch, Zhiqiang Ye
The paper identifies a genetic variant in Daphnia pulex that suppresses recombination, leading to the emergence of a mixed-mating system with both genetic and environmental sex determination.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Apr 21, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology