Evolution of a ZW sex chromosome system in willows

Abstract Transitions in the heterogamety of sex chromosomes (e.g., XY to ZW or vice versa) fundamentally alter the genetic basis of sex determination, however the details of these changes have been studied in only a few cases. In an XY to ZW transition, the X is likely to give rise to the W because...

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Main Authors: Nan Hu, Brian J. Sanderson, Minghao Guo, Guanqiao Feng, Diksha Gambhir, Haley Hale, Deyan Wang, Brennan Hyden, Jianquan Liu, Lawrence B. Smart, Stephen P. DiFazio, Tao Ma, Matthew S. Olson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42880-5