The persimmon genome reveals clues to the evolution of a lineage-specific sex determination system in plants
T. Akagi, K. Shirasawa, H. Nagasaki, H. Hirakawa, R. Tao, L. Comai, I. M. Henry
The paper investigates the evolution of dioecy in persimmon by analyzing genome duplication events and gene function, revealing how gene duplication and adaptation contributed to the development of a sex determination system.
bioRxiv · May 5, 2019Evolutionary Biology