Identification of Y chromosome markers in the eastern three-lined skink (Bassiana duperreyi) using in silico whole genome subtraction

Abstract Background Homologous sex chromosomes can differentiate over time because recombination is suppressed in the region of the sex determining locus, leading to the accumulation of repeats, progressive loss of genes that lack differential influence on the sexes and sequence divergence on the he...

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Main Authors: Duminda Sampath Bandara Dissanayake, Clare Ellen Holleley, Laura Kate Hill, Denis O’Meally, Janine Eileen Deakin, Arthur Georges
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:BMC Genomics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-020-07071-2