There is currently a main view describing the steps in the evolution of sex chromosomes in plants in the literature, although alternative views have recently been put forward. First, a non-recombining region (XY or ZW) should emerge. Then, this region is predicted to expand, and at the same time, the local loss of recombination between the sex chromosomes should induce a degeneration of the Y (or W) chromosome. This degeneration is then expected to progress, and after a certain amount of time, the Y (or W) chromosome should become smaller than the X (or Z) chromosome, or even disappear. A main issue of this view is that it is based on the genomic study of only about thirty plant sex chromosome systems, while there are more than 15,000 dioec...