Accelerated adaptive evolution on a newly formed X chromosome.

Sex chromosomes originated from ordinary autosomes, and their evolution is characterized by continuous gene loss from the ancestral Y chromosome. Here, we document a new feature of sex chromosome evolution: bursts of adaptive fixations on a newly formed X chromosome. Taking advantage of the recently...

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Main Authors: Doris Bachtrog, Jeffrey D Jensen, Zhi Zhang
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/95385474ddad4a10885043c2978d3289
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