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A primitive Y chromosome in papaya marks incipient sex chromosome evolution.
Nature - 22 Jan 2004
Liu Zhiyong, Moore Paul H, Ma Hao, Ackerman Christine M, Ragiba Makandar, Yu Qingyi, Pearl Heather M, Kim Minna S, Charlton Joseph W, Stiles John I, Zee Francis T, Paterson Andrew H, Ming Ray
Abstract excerpt
Many diverse systems for sex determination have evolved in plants and animals. One involves physically distinct (heteromorphic) sex chromosomes (X and Y, or Z and W) that are homozygous in one sex (usually female) and heterozygous in the other (usually male). Sex chromosome evolution is thought t...
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