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Independent Origin of XY and ZW Sex Determination Mechanisms in Mosquitofish Sister Species.
Genetics - 1 Jan 2020
Kottler Verena A, Feron Romain, Nanda Indrajit, Klopp Christophe, Du Kang, Kneitz Susanne, Helmprobst Frederik, Lamatsch Dunja K, Lopez-Roques Céline, Lluch Jerôme, Journot Laurent, Parrinello Hugues, Guiguen Yann, Schartl Manfred
Abstract excerpt
Fish are known for the outstanding variety of their sex determination mechanisms and sex chromosome systems. The western (Gambusia affinis) and eastern mosquitofish (G. holbrooki) are sister species for which different sex determination mechanisms have been described: ZZ/ZW for G. affinis and XX/XY for G. holbrooki Here, we carried out restriction-site associated DNA (RAD-) and pool sequencing (Pool-seq) to...
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