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Evolutionary strata on the X chromosomes of the dioecious plant Silene latifolia: evidence from new sex-linked genes.
Genetics - 1 Apr 2007
Bergero Roberta, Forrest Alan, Kamau Esther, Charlesworth Deborah
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Despite its recent evolutionary origin, the sex chromosome system of the plant Silene latifolia shows signs of progressive suppression of recombination having created evolutionary strata of different X-Y divergence on sex chromosomes. However, even after 8 years of effort, this result is based on analyses of five sex-linked gene sequences, and the maximum divergence (and thus the age of this plant's sex...
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