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Sex-limited chromosomes and non-reproductive traits.
BMC biology - 6 Jul 2022
Cīrulis Aivars, Hansson Bengt, Abbott Jessica K
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Sex chromosomes are typically viewed as having originated from a pair of autosomes, and differentiated as the sex-limited chromosome (e.g. Y) has degenerated by losing most genes through cessation of recombination. While often thought that degenerated sex-limited chromosomes primarily affect traits involved in sex determination and sex cell production, accumulating evidence suggests they also influence traits not...
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