A gradual process of recombination restriction in the evolutionary history of the sex chromosomes in dioecious plants.

To help understand the evolution of suppressed recombination between sex chromosomes, and its consequences for evolution of the sequences of Y-linked genes, we have studied four X-Y gene pairs, including one gene not previously characterized, in plants in a group of closely related dioecious species...

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Main Authors: Michael Nicolas, Gabriel Marais, Vladka Hykelova, Bohuslav Janousek, Valérie Laporte, Boris Vyskot, Dominique Mouchiroud, Ioan Negrutiu, Deborah Charlesworth, Françoise Monéger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2005-01-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC536007?pdf=render