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The slowdown of Y chromosome expansion in dioecious Silene latifolia due to DNA loss and male-specific silencing of retrotransposons

BACKGROUND: The rise and fall of the Y chromosome was demonstrated in animals but plants often possess the large evolutionarily young Y chromosome that is thought has expanded recently. Break-even points dividing expansion and shrinkage phase of plant Y chromosome evolution are still to be determine...

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Autores principales: Puterova, Janka, Kubat, Zdenek, Kejnovsky, Eduard, Jesionek, Wojciech, Cizkova, Jana, Vyskot, Boris, Hobza, Roman
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5819184/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29458354
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12864-018-4547-7