date:Aug 07, 2019
s the two-mutation model of sex evolution in plants proposed by Deborah and Brian Charlesworth in 1978. It suggests that at least two gene mutations, one affecting ovule (female) production and one affecting pollen (male) production, are necessary to transform a hermaphrodite species into one with separate sexes.
The results of this study pave the way for the potential development of hermaphrodite kiwifruit. The paper Two Y chromosome-encoded genes determine sex in kiwifruit is published in the