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Chromosome-scale scaffolding of the fungus gnat genome (Diptera: <i>Bradysia coprophila</i> )
2022-11-04
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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> <h4>Background</h4> The fungus gnat, Bradysia ( Sciara ) coprophila , has compelling chromosome biology. Paternal chromosomes are eliminated during spermatogenesis whereas both maternal X sister chromatids are retained. Embryos start with three copies of the X chromosome, but 1-2 copies are eliminated from somatic cells as part of sex determination, and one is eliminated in the germline to r...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 7f130fcc-741c-5418-97b8-8f5f9a2e1131
- DOI
- 10.1101/2022.11.03.515061
