Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Mitonuclear sex determination? Empirical evidence frombivalves
C. H. Smith, R. Mejia-Trujillo, S. H. Breton…·J. C. Havird
This study investigates the role of mitochondrial and nuclear genes in sex determination in bivalves, finding that male mtDNA sncRNAs inhibit female development while nuclear factors remain inconclusive.
DOI 10.1093/molbev/msad240