How sex chromosomes get trapped into nonrecombination

Suppression of recombination along the Y chromosome leads to its degeneration, so why does a process with such potentially deleterious consequences arise? In this issue of PLOS Biology, a new model reveals how and why this might be. We know that suppression of recombination leads to degeneration of...

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Main Author: Jos Käfer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-07-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9295974/?tool=EBI