Volume 20, Issue 1

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January 2012

Special issue on Sex and Sex Chromosomes - New Clues from Non-Model Species

Issue Editors:

Tariq Ezaz,
Jennifer A. Marshall Graves

20 articles in this issue

Foreword: sex and sex chromosomes—new clues from nonmodel species
Tariq Ezaz
Jennifer A. Marshall Graves
EditorialNotes 25 January 2012 Pages: 1 - 5
Are some chromosomes particularly good at sex? Insights from amniotes
Denis O’Meally
Tariq Ezaz
Jennifer A. Marshall Graves
OriginalPaper 05 January 2012 Pages: 7 - 19
Small but mighty: the evolutionary dynamics of W and Y sex chromosomes
Judith E. Mank
OriginalPaper 29 October 2011 Pages: 21 - 33
Is the Y chromosome disappearing?—Both sides of the argument
Darren K. Griffin
OriginalPaper 15 November 2011 Pages: 35 - 45
Independent degeneration of W and Y sex chromosomes in frog Rana rugosa
Ikuo Miura
Hiromi Ohtani
Mitsuaki Ogata
OriginalPaper 06 December 2011 Pages: 47 - 55
The sex-specific region of sex chromosomes in animals and plants
Andrea R. Gschwend
Laura A. Weingartner
Ray Ming
OriginalPaper 22 November 2011 Pages: 57 - 69
Molecular cloning and characterization of the repetitive DNA sequences that comprise the constitutive heterochromatin of the W chromosomes of medaka fishes
Yusuke Takehana
Kiyoshi Naruse
Mitsuru Sakaizumi
OriginalPaper 29 November 2011 Pages: 71 - 81
Sex chromosome evolution in moths and butterflies
Ken Sahara
Atsuo Yoshido
Walther Traut
OriginalPaper 21 December 2011 Pages: 83 - 94
The origin and differentiation process of X and Y chromosomes of the black marsh turtle (Siebenrockiella crassicollis, Geoemydidae, Testudines)
Taiki Kawagoshi
Chizuko Nishida
Yoichi Matsuda
OriginalPaper 20 December 2011 Pages: 95 - 110
The Y chromosome of the Okinawa spiny rat, Tokudaia muenninki, was rescued through fusion with an autosome
Chie Murata
Fumio Yamada
Asato Kuroiwa
OriginalPaper 24 December 2011 Pages: 111 - 125
Identification of mediator complex 26 (Crsp7) gametologs on platypus X1 and Y5 sex chromosomes: a candidate testis-determining gene in monotremes?
Enkhjargal Tsend-Ayush
R. Daniel Kortschak
Frank Grützner
OriginalPaper 04 January 2012 Pages: 127 - 138
Molecular evolution of vertebrate sex-determining genes
Shuuji Mawaribuchi
Shin Yoshimoto
Michihiko Ito
OriginalPaper Open access 14 December 2011 Pages: 139 - 151
SRY protein function in sex determination: thinking outside the box
Liang Zhao
Peter Koopman
OriginalPaper 08 December 2011 Pages: 153 - 162
Dmrt1 mutation causes a male-to-female sex reversal after the sex determination by Dmy in the medaka
Haruo Masuyama
Masato Yamada
Masaru Matsuda
OriginalPaper 21 December 2011 Pages: 163 - 176
Evidence for avian cell autonomous sex identity (CASI) and implications for the sex-determination process?
M. Clinton
D. Zhao
D. McBride
OriginalPaper 29 November 2011 Pages: 177 - 190
Sox9 gene regulation and the loss of the XY/XX sex-determining mechanism in the mole vole Ellobius lutescens
Stefan Bagheri-Fam
Rajini Sreenivasan
Vincent R. Harley
OriginalPaper 04 January 2012 Pages: 191 - 199
The potential role of microRNAs in regulating gonadal sex differentiation in the chicken embryo
Andrew D. Cutting
Stephanie C. Bannister
Craig A. Smith
OriginalPaper 13 December 2011 Pages: 201 - 213
Mammalian sex determination—insights from humans and mice
Stefanie Eggers
Andrew Sinclair
OriginalPaper Open access 31 January 2012 Pages: 215 - 238
A role for estrogen in somatic cell fate of the mammalian gonad
Andrew J. Pask
OriginalPaper 08 December 2011 Pages: 239 - 245
Sex and hedgehog: roles of genes in the hedgehog signaling pathway in mammalian sexual differentiation
Heather L. Franco
Humphrey H.-C. Yao
OriginalPaper 22 November 2011 Pages: 247 - 258

Volume 20, Issue 1

Foreword: sex and sex chromosomes—new clues from nonmodel species

Are some chromosomes particularly good at sex? Insights from amniotes

Small but mighty: the evolutionary dynamics of W and Y sex chromosomes

Is the Y chromosome disappearing?—Both sides of the argument

Independent degeneration of W and Y sex chromosomes in frog Rana rugosa

The sex-specific region of sex chromosomes in animals and plants

Molecular cloning and characterization of the repetitive DNA sequences that comprise the constitutive heterochromatin of the W chromosomes of medaka fishes

Sex chromosome evolution in moths and butterflies

The origin and differentiation process of X and Y chromosomes of the black marsh turtle (Siebenrockiella crassicollis, Geoemydidae, Testudines)

The Y chromosome of the Okinawa spiny rat, Tokudaia muenninki, was rescued through fusion with an autosome

Identification of mediator complex 26 (Crsp7) gametologs on platypus X1 and Y5 sex chromosomes: a candidate testis-determining gene in monotremes?

Molecular evolution of vertebrate sex-determining genes

SRY protein function in sex determination: thinking outside the box

Dmrt1 mutation causes a male-to-female sex reversal after the sex determination by Dmy in the medaka

Evidence for avian cell autonomous sex identity (CASI) and implications for the sex-determination process?

Sox9 gene regulation and the loss of the XY/XX sex-determining mechanism in the mole vole Ellobius lutescens

The potential role of microRNAs in regulating gonadal sex differentiation in the chicken embryo

Mammalian sex determination—insights from humans and mice

A role for estrogen in somatic cell fate of the mammalian gonad

Sex and hedgehog: roles of genes in the hedgehog signaling pathway in mammalian sexual differentiation

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