This paper reviewed recent progress of sex-related genes and their mechnisms in unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas.We focused on genes which were gathered on mating-type(mt) locus as well as some additional sex-related genes located in autosomes and their regulations during the following 3 key steps: Plus and minus gamete sexual differentiation from vegetative cells,mating between mt+/mt-gametes,and initiation of zygote differentiation.
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