Identification of avian W-linked contigs by short-read sequencing

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The female-specific W chromosomes and male-specific Y chromosomes have proven difficult to assemble with whole-genome shotgun methods, creating a demand for new approaches to identify sequence contigs specific to these sex chromosome...

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Main Authors: Chen Nancy, Bellott Daniel W, Page David C, Clark Andrew G
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-05-01
Series:BMC Genomics
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/13/183