Evolutionary dynamics of sex determination in Branchiostoma belcheri driven by repeated transposition of a single novel gene

H Huan Li F Fujiang Liu J Jingjing Li C Chenggang Shi Z Zhenyi Lin Y Yucheng Qin R Rongrong Pan X Xiaotong Wu (Zhejiang Engineering Research Center for Biological Control of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Biology and Ecological Regulation of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insect Pests, State Key Lab of Rice Biology and Breeding, Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University) Y Yongying Peng C Chaofan Xing Y Yiquan Wang Q Qingming Qu (State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Department of Neonatology, Xiang‘an Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Xiamen University) G Guang Li

Article Details

Volume / Issue Vol. 17, Issue 1
Published January 13, 2026
ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher Nature Portfolio

Journal Info

Nature Communications

Nature Portfolio

ISSN: 2041-1723 Open Access Life Sciences

Authors (13)

H

Huan Li

F

Fujiang Liu

J

Jingjing Li

C

Chenggang Shi

Z

Zhenyi Lin

Y

Yucheng Qin

R

Rongrong Pan

X

Xiaotong Wu

Zhejiang Engineering Research Center for Biological Control of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Biology and Ecological Regulation of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insect Pests, State Key Lab of Rice Biology and Breeding, Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University

Y

Yongying Peng

C

Chaofan Xing

Y

Yiquan Wang

Q

Qingming Qu

State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Department of Neonatology, Xiang‘an Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Xiamen University

G

Guang Li