Differential sperm motility mediates the sex ratio drive shaping mouse sex chromosome evolution
Claudia Cattoni Rathje, Emma Elizabeth Philippa Johnson, Deborah Drage, Christina Patinioti, Giuseppe Silvestri, Nabeel Ahmed Affara, Côme Ialy‐Radio, Julie Cocquet, Benjamin Matthew Skinner, Peter J. I. Ellis
The paper shows that X-bearing sperm have greater motility than Y-bearing sperm in mice with Yq deletions, leading to a skewed sex ratio.
Current Biology · Oct 17, 2019Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology