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Neo-sex Chromosomes in the Monarch Butterfly, Danaus plexippus

We report the discovery of a neo-sex chromosome in the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, and several of its close relatives. Z-linked scaffolds in the D. plexippus genome assembly were identified via sex-specific differences in Illumina sequencing coverage. Additionally, a majority of the D. plex...

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Autores principales: Mongue, Andrew J., Nguyen, Petr, Voleníková, Anna, Walters, James R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Genetics Society of America 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5633379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28839116
http://dx.doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300187