{"title":"X-specific methylation distorts sex","authors":"Niels A. Müller","doi":"10.1038/s41477-024-01829-2","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Despite theoretical expectations of balanced 1:1 sex ratios between females and males, many dioecious plant species exhibit sex ratio distortions. A recent study in persimmon shows how this can be caused by random inactivation of an X-chromosomal gene that is essential for seed development.","PeriodicalId":18904,"journal":{"name":"Nature Plants","volume":"10 11","pages":"1619-1620"},"PeriodicalIF":15.8000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nature Plants","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41477-024-01829-2","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"PLANT SCIENCES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Despite theoretical expectations of balanced 1:1 sex ratios between females and males, many dioecious plant species exhibit sex ratio distortions. A recent study in persimmon shows how this can be caused by random inactivation of an X-chromosomal gene that is essential for seed development.
期刊介绍:
Nature Plants is an online-only, monthly journal publishing the best research on plants — from their evolution, development, metabolism and environmental interactions to their societal significance.