Volume 32, No 1, Jan 2022

ISSN: 1001-0602 
EISSN: 1748-7838 2018 
impact factor 17.848* 
(Clarivate Analytics, 2019)

Volume 32 Issue 1, January 2022: 7-8

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

How did a novel X-linked gene become essential for male determination?

Scott William Roy^*

Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, USA
Correspondence: Scott William Roy(scottwroy@gmail.com)

A new study reports a necessary role in male sex determination for the X-linked gene SDX . Remarkably, scrutiny reveals that SDX evolved long after the male-determining gene SRY , raising the question of how a new gene could become essential for a crucial, ancient process.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-021-00577-8

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