Programmed DNA elimination of germline development genes in songbirds
C. M. Kinsella, F. J. Ruiz-Ruano, A.-M. Dion-Cote, A. J. Charles, T. I. Gossmann, J. Cabrero, D. Kappei, N. Hemmings, M. J. P. Simons, J. P. M. Camacho, W. Forstmeier, A. Suh
The paper identifies and characterizes the germline-restricted chromosome (GRC) in zebra finches, revealing its dynamic evolution and functional role in germline-soma genome differentiation.
bioRxiv · Dec 22, 2018Evolutionary Biology