Ever-young sex chromosomes in European tree frogs.

Non-recombining sex chromosomes are expected to undergo evolutionary decay, ending up genetically degenerated, as has happened in birds and mammals. Why are then sex chromosomes so often homomorphic in cold-blooded vertebrates? One possible explanation is a high rate of turnover events, replacing ma...

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Main Authors: Matthias Stöck, Agnès Horn, Christine Grossen, Dorothea Lindtke, Roberto Sermier, Caroline Betto-Colliard, Christophe Dufresnes, Emmanuel Bonjour, Zoé Dumas, Emilien Luquet, Tiziano Maddalena, Helena Clavero Sousa, Iñigo Martinez-Solano, Nicolas Perrin
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Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/dc3bcd6ef77a441d8134355a6fdcbcd9
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