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Sex chromosome evolution in the clam shrimp, Eulimnadia texana.
Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 May 2010
Weeks S C, Benvenuto C, Sanderson T F, Duff R J
Abstract excerpt
Chromosomes that determine sex are predicted to evolve differently than autosomes: a lack of recombination on one of the two sex chromosomes is predicted to allow an accumulation of deleterious alleles that eventually leads to reduced functionality and potential physical degradation of the nonrecombining chromosome. Because these changes should occur at an elevated evolutionary rate, it is difficult to find...
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