Article
Ecology and the evolution of sex chromosomes.
Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 Dec 2022
Meisel Richard P
Abstract excerpt
Sex chromosomes are common features of animal genomes, often carrying a sex determination gene responsible for initiating the development of sexually dimorphic traits. The specific chromosome that serves as the sex chromosome differs across taxa as a result of fusions between sex chromosomes and autosomes, along with sex chromosome turnover-autosomes becoming sex chromosomes and sex chromosomes 'reverting' back...
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