An ancient antisense-driven RNA switch drives plant sex determination

New work by Hisanaga et al (2019) uncovers the central module that regulates sexual dimorphism in haploid early land plants, opening doors toward understanding evolution of sex chromosomes in ancestors of diploid plants.

Source: EMBO Journal - March 14, 2019 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Berger, F. Tags: Plant Biology, RNA Biology, Transcription News [amp ] Views Source Type: research