Extreme population structure and high interspecific divergence of the Silene Y chromosome.
Previous studies have demonstrated that the diversity of Y-linked genes is substantially lower than that of their X-linked homologs in the plant Silene latifolia. This difference has been attributed to selective sweeps, Muller's ratchet, and background selection, processes that are predicted to...
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| Formato: | Journal article |
| Idioma: | English |
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2005
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