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Recent Sex Chromosome Divergence despite Ancient Dioecy in the Willow Salix viminalis.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Aug 2017
Pucholt Pascal, Wright Alison E, Conze Lei Liu, Mank Judith E, Berlin Sofia
Abstract excerpt
Sex chromosomes can evolve when recombination is halted between a pair of chromosomes, and this can lead to degeneration of the sex-limited chromosome. In the early stages of differentiation sex chromosomes are homomorphic, and even though homomorphic sex chromosomes are very common throughout animals and plants, we know little about the evolutionary forces shaping these types of sex chromosomes. We used DNA- and...
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