Evolution and functioning of an X-A balance sex determination system in hops
Takashi Akagi, Tenta Segawa, Rika Uchida, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Kenta Shirasawa, Noriko Yamagishi, Hajime Yaegashi, Satoshi Natsume, Hiroki Takagi, Akira Abe, Miki Okuno, Atsushi Toyoda, Kyoko Sato, Yuka Honniden, Cheng Zhang, , Eiichiro Ono
The paper studies the evolution of an X-A balance sex determination system in hops by analyzing genome sequences of two hop species and identifies a candidate gene involved in the system.
Nature Plants · Jun 18, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology