Evolution of sex: Mating rituals of a pre-metazoan

James Umen; Joseph Heitman

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2013.10.009

Evolution of sex: Mating rituals of a pre-metazoan

James Umen, Joseph Heitman

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Abstract

Sex is pervasive throughout eukaryotes, yet many species have not been caught in the act. Now, a sexual cycle has been discovered in the choanoflagellate Salpingoeca rosetta, a pre-metazoan evolutionary model, opening a window on metazoan sexual evolution.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	R1006-R1008
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	23
Issue number	22
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2013.10.009
State	Published - Nov 18 2013

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