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Sex Chromosome Equality in Plants

Evidence for dosage compensation in Silene latifolia,a plant with 10-million-year-old sex chromosomes, reveals that dosage compensation can evolve rapidly in young XY systems and is not an animal-specific phenomenon.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Meadows, Robin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3328425/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22529748
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001312
Descripción
Sumario:Evidence for dosage compensation in Silene latifolia,a plant with 10-million-year-old sex chromosomes, reveals that dosage compensation can evolve rapidly in young XY systems and is not an animal-specific phenomenon.