Unique structure and positive selection promote the rapid divergence of Drosophila Y chromosomes

Y chromosomes across diverse species convergently evolve a gene-poor, heterochromatic organization enriched for duplicated genes, LTR retrotransposons, and satellite DNA. Sexual antagonism and a loss of recombination play major roles in the degeneration of young Y chromosomes. However, the processes...

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Autores principales: Chang, Ching-Ho, Gregory, Lauren E, Gordon, Kathleen E, Meiklejohn, Colin D, Larracuente, Amanda M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2022
Materias:
Evolutionary Biology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8794474/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34989337
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.75795

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8794474/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34989337
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.75795

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