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SlWUS1; an X-linked gene having no homologous Y-linked copy in Silene latifolia.
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 1 Oct 2012
Kazama Yusuke, Nishihara Kiyoshi, Bergero Roberta, Fujiwara Makoto T, Abe Tomoko, Charlesworth Deborah, Kawano Shigeyuki
Abstract excerpt
The dioecious plant Silene latifolia has heteromorphic sex chromosomes, and comparison of the positions of sex-linked genes indicates that at least three large inversions have occurred during the evolution of the Y chromosome. In this article, we describe the isolation of a new sex-linked gene from S. latifolia, which provides new information on the evolution of this plant's young sex chromosomes. By using...
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