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Can a Y Chromosome Degenerate in an Evolutionary Instant? A Commentary on Fong et al. 2023

It is well known that the Y chromosomes of Drosophila and mammals and the W chromosomes of birds carry only small fractions of the genes carried by the homologous X or Z chromosomes, and this “genetic degeneration” is associated with loss of recombination between the sex chromosome pair. However, it...

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Autores principales: Charlesworth, Deborah, Hastings, Abigail, Graham, Chay
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10480580/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37290043
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evad105