Sex-limited chromosomes and non-reproductive traits
Abstract 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 affec...
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| author | Aivars Cīrulis Bengt Hansson Jessica K. Abbott |
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| description | Abstract 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 sex-limited or directly involved in reproduction. Here, we provide an overview of the effects of sex-limited chromosomes on non-reproductive traits in XY, ZW or UV sex determination systems, and discuss evolutionary processes maintaining variation at sex-limited chromosomes and molecular mechanisms affecting non-reproductive traits. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-71b30e1855624f72b4e227452d00f7332022-12-22T01:26:05ZengBMCBMC Biology1741-70072022-07-0120111810.1186/s12915-022-01357-5Sex-limited chromosomes and non-reproductive traitsAivars Cīrulis0Bengt Hansson1Jessica K. Abbott2Department of Biology, Lund UniversityDepartment of Biology, Lund UniversityDepartment of Biology, Lund UniversityAbstract 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 sex-limited or directly involved in reproduction. Here, we provide an overview of the effects of sex-limited chromosomes on non-reproductive traits in XY, ZW or UV sex determination systems, and discuss evolutionary processes maintaining variation at sex-limited chromosomes and molecular mechanisms affecting non-reproductive traits.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-022-01357-5Y chromosomeW chromosomeUV chromosomesHeterochromatinGene expressionSex differences |
| spellingShingle | Aivars Cīrulis Bengt Hansson Jessica K. Abbott Sex-limited chromosomes and non-reproductive traits BMC Biology Y chromosome W chromosome UV chromosomes Heterochromatin Gene expression Sex differences |
| title | Sex-limited chromosomes and non-reproductive traits |
| title_full | Sex-limited chromosomes and non-reproductive traits |
| title_fullStr | Sex-limited chromosomes and non-reproductive traits |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sex-limited chromosomes and non-reproductive traits |
| title_short | Sex-limited chromosomes and non-reproductive traits |
| title_sort | sex limited chromosomes and non reproductive traits |
| topic | Y chromosome W chromosome UV chromosomes Heterochromatin Gene expression Sex differences |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-022-01357-5 |
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