Sex chromosomal dimorphisms narrated by X-chromosome translocation in a spiny frog (Quasipaa boulengeri)

Abstract Background In the general model of sex chromosome evolution for diploid dioecious organisms, the Y (or W) chromosome is derived, while the homogametic sex presumably represents the ancestral condition. However, in the frog species Quasipaa boulengeri, heteromorphisms caused by a translocati...

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Main Authors: Xiuyun Yuan, Yun Xia, Xiaomao Zeng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Zoology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12983-018-0291-8