Convergent Evolution of Chromosomal Sex-Determining Regions in the Animal and Fungal Kingdoms

James A Fraser; Stephanie Diezmann; Ryan L Subaran; Andria Allen; Klaus B Lengeler; Fred S Dietrich; Joseph Heitman

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0020384

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Convergent Evolution of Chromosomal Sex-Determining Regions in the Animal and Fungal Kingdoms

James A Fraser,

Affiliations Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Stephanie Diezmann,

Affiliations Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Duke Institute for Genomics Sciences and Policy, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Ryan L Subaran,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Andria Allen,

Affiliations Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Duke Institute for Genomics Sciences and Policy, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Klaus B Lengeler,

address: Institut für Mikrobiologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany

Affiliations Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Fred S Dietrich,

Affiliations Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Duke Institute for Genomics Sciences and Policy, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Joseph Heitman

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: heitm001@duke.edu

Affiliations Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Convergent Evolution of Chromosomal Sex-Determining Regions in the Animal and Fungal Kingdoms

James A Fraser,
Stephanie Diezmann,
Ryan L Subaran,
Andria Allen,
Klaus B Lengeler,
Fred S Dietrich,
Joseph Heitman

Published: November 9, 2004
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0020384

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