Programmed DNA elimination of germline development genes in songbirds

Programmed DNA elimination of germline development genes in songbirds

Songbirds have extensive germline–soma genome differences due to developmental elimination of a germline-specific chromosome (GRC). Here, the authors show that the GRC contains dozens of expressed developmental genes, some of which have been on the GRC since the ancestor of all songbirds.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cormac M. Kinsella, Francisco J. Ruiz-Ruano, Anne-Marie Dion-Côté, Alexander J. Charles, Toni I. Gossmann, Josefa Cabrero, Dennis Kappei, Nicola Hemmings, Mirre J. P. Simons, Juan Pedro M. Camacho, Wolfgang Forstmeier, Alexander Suh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13427-4

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13427-4

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