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Evidence for emergence of sex-determining gene(s) in a centromeric region in Vasconcellea parviflora.
Genetics - 1 Feb 2015
Iovene Marina, Yu Qingyi, Ming Ray, Jiang Jiming
Abstract excerpt
Sex chromosomes have been studied in many plant and animal species. However, few species are suitable as models to study the evolutionary histories of sex chromosomes. We previously demonstrated that papaya (Carica papaya) (2n = 2x = 18), a fruit tree in the family Caricaceae, contains recently emerged but cytologically heteromorphic X/Y chromosomes. We have been intrigued by the possible presence and evolution...
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