Pericentromeric recombination suppression and the ‘large X effect’ in plants

Abstract X chromosome was reported to be a major contributor to isolation between closely related species—the ‘large X’ effect (LXE). The causes of LXE are not clear, but the leading theory is that it is caused by recessive species incompatibilities exposed in the phenotype due to the hemizygosity o...

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Main Authors: Edgar L. Y. Wong, Dmitry A. Filatov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-48870-3