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Genomic Loss and Silencing on the Y Chromosomes of Rumex.
Genome biology and evolution - 1 Dec 2017
Beaudry Felix E G, Barrett Spencer C H, Wright Stephen I
Abstract excerpt
Across many unrelated lineages of plants and animals, Y chromosomes show a recurrent pattern of gene degeneration and loss, but the relative importance of inefficient selection, adaptive gene silencing, and neutral genetic drift in causing degeneration remain poorly understood. Here, we use next-generation genome and transcriptome sequencing to investigate patterns of ongoing Y chromosome degeneration in two...
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