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How sex chromosomes get trapped into nonrecombination

Suppression of recombination along the Y chromosome leads to its degeneration, so why does a process with such potentially deleterious consequences arise? In this issue of PLOS Biology, a new model reveals how and why this might be.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Käfer, Jos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9295974/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35882230
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001718
Descripción
Sumario:Suppression of recombination along the Y chromosome leads to its degeneration, so why does a process with such potentially deleterious consequences arise? In this issue of PLOS Biology, a new model reveals how and why this might be.