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ReviewPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2021

A brief review of vertebrate sex evolution with a pledge for integrative research: towards '

Matthias Stöck, Lukáš Kratochvíl, Heiner Kuhl, Michail Rovatsos, Ben J Evans, Alexander Suh, Nicole Valenzuela, Frédéric Veyrunes, Qi Zhou, Tony Gamble and 3 more

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Review in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
38citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 12 institutions in 16 countries.

Matthias StöckLeibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries-IGB (Forschungsverbund Berlin), Müggelseedamm 301, 12587 Berlin, Germany.
Lukáš KratochvílDepartment of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, 12844 Prague, Czech Republic.
Heiner KuhlLeibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries-IGB (Forschungsverbund Berlin), Müggelseedamm 301, 12587 Berlin, Germany.
Michail RovatsosAmphibian Research Center, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan.
Ben J EvansDepartment of Biology, McMaster University, Life Sciences Building Room 328, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4K1.
Alexander SuhSchool of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TU, UK.
Nicole ValenzuelaDepartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
Frédéric VeyrunesInstitut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier, ISEM UMR 5554 (CNRS/Université de Montpellier/IRD/EPHE), Montpellier, France.
Qi ZhouMOE Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis and Protection and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Cancer Molecular Cell Biology, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, People's Republic of China.
Tony GambleDepartment of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA.
Blanche CapelDepartment of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Manfred SchartlDevelopmental Biochemistry, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.
Yann GuiguenINRAE, LPGP, 35000, Rennes, France.
Hiroshima University · JPCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRCharles University · CZDepartment of Physics, Mathematics and Informatics · BYDuke University · USInstitut National de la Recherche Agronomique · MAIowa State University · USLeibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries · DEMarquette University · USTexas State University · USUniversity of East Anglia · GBUniversity of Vienna · AT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Triggers and biological processes controlling male or female gonadal differentiation vary in vertebrates, with sex determination (SD) governed by environmental factors or simple to complex genetic mechanisms that evolved repeatedly and independently in various groups. Here, we review sex evolution across major clades of vertebrates with information on SD, sexual development and reproductive modes. We offer an up-to-date review of divergence times, species diversity, genomic resources, genome size, occurrence and nature of polyploids, SD systems, sex chromosomes, SD genes, dosage compensation and sex-biased gene expression. Advances in sequencing technologies now enable us to study the evolution of SD at broader evolutionary scales, and we now hope to pursue a

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Biological EvolutionGenome SizeSex Determination ProcessesAnimalsEvolution, MolecularFemaleMaleOvarySex ChromosomesSex DifferentiationTestisVertebratesevolutiongenomicsreproductionsex chromosomessex determinationvertebrates

Identifiers

PMID34247497
PMCPMC8293304
OpenAlexW3177531190

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