Assembly of the threespine stickleback Y chromosome reveals convergent signatures of sex chromosome evolution

Assembly of the threespine stickleback Y chromosome reveals convergent signatures of sex chromosome evolution

Abstract Background Heteromorphic sex chromosomes have evolved repeatedly across diverse species. Suppression of recombination between X and Y chromosomes leads to degeneration of the Y chromosome. The progression of degeneration is not well understood, as complete sequence assemblies of heteromorph...

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Main Authors: Catherine L. Peichel, Shaugnessy R. McCann, Joseph A. Ross, Alice F. S. Naftaly, James R. Urton, Jennifer N. Cech, Jane Grimwood, Jeremy Schmutz, Richard M. Myers, David M. Kingsley, Michael A. White
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-07-01
Series:Genome Biology
Subjects:
Threespine stickleback
Y chromosome
Gene duplication
Sex determination
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13059-020-02097-x

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