Evolution; international journal of organic evolution
Persistence of an unusual triple sex chromosome system through allopolyploidization in African clawed frogs (Xenopus, subgenus Silurana).
Tharindu Premachandra, Václav Gvoždík, Emmanuela U Anele, Marek Kučka, Yingguang Frank Chan, Marko E Horb, Zacharie Kusamba Chifundera, Gabriel Badjedjea, John Measey, Ben J Evans
Published: 202610.1093/evolut/qpaf246
Abstract
African clawed frogs (Xenopus) have a high rate of genome duplication, which may catalyze evolution-including of sex chromosomes. To explore this, for each of four species in the subgenus Silurana, we analyzed sex-associated genetic variation, and in…
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