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Evolutionary biology: Genomic clues to original sex in fungi

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CURRENT BIOLOGY
Volume 18, Issue 5, Pages R207-R209

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CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.01.014

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Sexual identity in fungi is conferred by a diverse group of transcription factors. Analysis of a Zygomycota genome, representing a basal branch within the fungi, indicates that HMG-domain proteins were present as ancestral sex determinants and suggests a mechanism for the evolution of eukaryotic sex chromosomes.

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