Plant BiologybioRxivPreprint
A trade-off mechanism underpins the evolution of a young two-gene sex-determining system in plants
Yingxiao Mai, Jiakun Zheng, Weijian Sun…·Rui Xia
The paper identifies two Y-linked mutations in a dioecious plant that regulate a male-female developmental trade-off through a regulatory module involving SUN, KUN, and YUN.
DOI 10.1101/2025.07.26.666942