Ever-young sex chromosomes in European tree frogs.

Ever-young sex chromosomes in European tree frogs.

Non-recombining sex chromosomes are expected to undergo evolutionary decay, ending up genetically degenerated, as has happened in birds and mammals. Why are then sex chromosomes so often homomorphic in cold-blooded vertebrates? One possible explanation is a high rate of turnover events, replacing ma...

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Main Authors: Matthias Stöck, Agnès Horn, Christine Grossen, Dorothea Lindtke, Roberto Sermier, Caroline Betto-Colliard, Christophe Dufresnes, Emmanuel Bonjour, Zoé Dumas, Emilien Luquet, Tiziano Maddalena, Helena Clavero Sousa, Iñigo Martinez-Solano, Nicolas Perrin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-05-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21629756/?tool=EBI

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