Journal article
Rapid Y degeneration and dosage compensation in plant sex chromosomes
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The nonrecombining regions of animal Y chromosomes are known to undergo genetic degeneration, but previous work has failed to reveal large-scale gene degeneration on plant Y chromosomes. Here, we uncover rapid and extensive degeneration of Y-linked genes in a plant species, Silene latifolia, that evolved sex chromosomes de novo in the last 10 million years. Previous transcriptome-based studies of this species missed unexpressed, degenerate Y-linked genes. To identify sex-linked genes, regardl...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- National Academy of Sciences Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Journal website
- Volume:
- 112
- Issue:
- 42
- Pages:
- 13021–13026
- Publication date:
- 2015-01-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2015-04-30
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- ISSN:
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1091-6490
- Source identifiers:
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572830
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- pubs:572830
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- 2015-11-12
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- Papadopulos et al
- Copyright date:
- 2015
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