Bioinformatic and fine-scale chromosomal mapping reveal the nature and evolution of eliminated chromosomes in the Japanese hagfish, Eptatretus burgeri, through analysis of repetitive DNA families.

In the Japanese hagfish, Eptatretus burgeri, approximately 21% of the genomic DNA in germ cells (2n = 52) consists of 16 chromosomes (eliminated [E]-chromosomes) that are eliminated from presumptive somatic cells (2n = 36). To uncover the eliminated genome (E-genome), we have identified 16 eliminate...

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Main Authors: Kohei Nagao, Yoshiki Tanaka, Rei Kajitani, Atsushi Toyoda, Takehiko Itoh, Souichirou Kubota, Yuji Goto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0286941