A 180 My-old female-specific genome region in sturgeon reveals the oldest known vertebrate sex determining system with undifferentiated sex chromosomes
H. Kuhl, Y. Guiguen, C. Hoehne, E. Keuz, C. Klopp, K. Du, C. Lopez-Roques, E. Santidrian Yebra-Pimentel, M. Ciorpac, J. Gessner, D. Holostenco, W. Kleiner, K. Kohlmann, D. Lamatsch, D. Prokopov, , M. Stoeck
The paper identifies a 180 My-old female-specific genome region in sturgeon, revealing an ancient undifferentiated sex chromosome system with ZZ/ZW sex determination.
bioRxiv · Oct 10, 2020Evolutionary Biology