ArticleNature communications2011
Asymmetric spermatocyte division as a mechanism for controlling sex ratios.
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- Non-Mendelian transmission of X chromosomes: mechanisms and impact on sex ratios and population dynamics in different breeding systems.Biochemical Society transactions · 2024Review
- The contribution of an X chromosome QTL to non-Mendelian inheritance and unequal chromosomal segregation in Auanema freiburgense.Genetics · 2024Article
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- Trioecy is maintained as a time-stable mating system in the pink sea urchin Toxopneustes roseus from the Mexican Pacific.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Lagging X chromatids specify the orientation of asymmetric organelle partitioning in XX spermatocytes of Auanema rhodensis.Genetics · 2022Article
- Sexual morph specialisation in a trioecious nematode balances opposing selective forces.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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- Parental energy-sensing pathways control intergenerational offspring sex determination in the nematode Auanema freiburgensis.BMC biology · 2021Article
- Transcriptional profiles in Strongyloides stercoralis males reveal deviations from the Caenorhabditis sex determination model.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Male meiotic spindle features that efficiently segregate paired and lagging chromosomes.eLife · 2020Article
- Chromosome-Wide Evolution and Sex Determination in the Three-Sexed NematodeG3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2019Article
- Liposome-based transfection enhances RNAi and CRISPR-mediated mutagenesis in non-model nematode systems.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- From "the Worm" to "the Worms" and Back Again: The Evolutionary Developmental Biology of Nematodes.Genetics · 2018Review
- Male spiders control offspring sex ratio through greater production of female-determining sperm.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2018Article
- Sex- and Gamete-Specific Patterns of X Chromosome Segregation in a Trioecious Nematode.Current biology : CB · 2018Article
- Segregation of the amphitelically attached univalent X chromosome in the spittlebug Philaenus spumarius.Protoplasma · 2017Article
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Abstract
Although Mendel's first law predicts that crosses between XY (or XO) males and XX females should yield equal numbers of males and females, individuals in a wide variety of metazoans transmit their sex chromosomes unequally and produce broods with highly skewed sex ratios. Here, we report two modifications to the cellular programme of spermatogenesis, which, in combination, help to explain why males of the free-living nematode species Rhabditis sp. SB347 sire <5% male progeny. First, the spermatogenesis programme involves a modified meiosis in which chromatids of the unpaired X chromosome separate prematurely, in meiosis I. Second, during anaphase II, cellular components essential for sperm motility are partitioned almost exclusively to the X-bearing sperm. Our studies reveal a novel cellular mechanism for the differential transmission of X-bearing sperm and suggest Rhabditis sp. SB347 as a useful model for studying sex chromosome drive and the evolution of new mating systems.
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