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Early events in the evolution of the Silene latifolia Y chromosome: male specialization and recombination arrest.
Genetics - 1 Sept 2007
Zluvova Jitka, Georgiev Sevdalin, Janousek Bohuslav, Charlesworth Deborah, Vyskot Boris, Negrutiu Ioan
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Understanding the origin and evolution of sex chromosomes requires studying recently evolved X-Y chromosome systems such as those in some flowering plants. We describe Y chromosome deletion mutants of Silene latifolia, a dioecious plant with heteromorphic sex chromosomes. The combination of results from new and previously described deletions with histological descriptions of their stamen development defects...
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