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Contrasting patterns of molecular evolution of the genes on the new and old sex chromosomes of Drosophila miranda.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 May 2000
Yi S, Charlesworth B
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In organisms with chromosomal sex determination, sex is determined by a set of dimorphic sex chromosomes that are thought to have evolved from a set of originally homologous chromosomes. The chromosome inherited only through the heterogametic sex (the Y chromosome in the case of male heterogamety) often exhibits loss of genetic activity for most of the genes carried on its homolog and is hence referred to as...
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