Peichel, Catherine (2017). Convergence and divergence in sex-chromosome evolution. Nature genetics, 49(3), pp. 321-322. Nature America 10.1038/ng.3797
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A sequence assembly of the chicken W chromosome enables reconstruction of the gene content of the W chromosome across 14 bird species and shows striking similarities in the maintenance of broadly expressed and dosage-sensitive genes on highly degenerate sex chromosomes in both birds and mammals. However, the chicken W chromosome is not enriched for genes with expression in female-specific tissues, providing an intriguing contrast to the acquisition and amplification of genes with testis-specific expression on mammalian Y chromosomes and suggesting that the inheritance of chromosomes solely through females or males can lead to different evolutionary outcomes.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Review Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Institute of Ecology and Evolution (IEE) 08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Institute of Ecology and Evolution (IEE) > Evolutionary Ecology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Peichel, Catherine |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology |
ISSN: |
1061-4036 |
Publisher: |
Nature America |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Catherine Peichel |
Date Deposited: |
02 Aug 2017 14:39 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:04 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1038/ng.3797 |
PubMed ID: |
28232729 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.97930 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/97930 |