Sex chromosome evolution in parasitic nematodes of humans

Sex chromosome evolution in parasitic nematodes of humans

Many nematode worms, including Caenorhabditis elegans have XX/XO sex determination, while other species have XY. The authors use a new genome assembly of the filarial parasite Brugia malayi and published data to show that nematode sex chromosome evolution is highly plastic.

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Autores principales: Jeremy M. Foster, Alexandra Grote, John Mattick, Alan Tracey, Yu-Chih Tsai, Matthew Chung, James A. Cotton, Tyson A. Clark, Adam Geber, Nancy Holroyd, Jonas Korlach, Yichao Li, Silvia Libro, Sara Lustigman, Michelle L. Michalski, Michael Paulini, Matthew B. Rogers, Laura Teigen, Alan Twaddle, Lonnie Welch, Matthew Berriman, Julie C. Dunning Hotopp, Elodie Ghedin
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/ea0bdea21b12449787ed0d4781e26b36
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Sumario:Many nematode worms, including Caenorhabditis elegans have XX/XO sex determination, while other species have XY. The authors use a new genome assembly of the filarial parasite Brugia malayi and published data to show that nematode sex chromosome evolution is highly plastic.

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