A near-complete genome assembly of the bearded dragon Pogona vitticeps provides insights into the origin of Pogona sex chromosomes
Qunfei Guo, Youliang Pan, Wei Dai, Fei Guo, Tao Zeng, Wanyi Chen, Yaping Mi, Yanshu Zhang, Shuaizhen Shi, Wei Jiang, Huimin Cai, Beiying Wu, Yang Zhou, Ying Wang, Chentao Yang, , Qiye Li
The paper constructs a near-complete genome assembly for the bearded dragon Pogona vitticeps and characterizes the Z sex chromosome, identifying key genes involved in sex determination.
GigaScience · Jan 1, 2025Peer-reviewedGenomics