Low variability in a Y-linked plant gene and its implications for Y-chromosome evolution.
Sex chromosomes have evolved independently in several different groups of organisms, but they share common features, including genetic degeneration of the Y chromosome. Suppression of recombination between ancestral proto-X and proto-Y chromosomes is thought to have led to their gradual divergence,...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2000
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