Multi-layered dosage compensation of the avian Z chromosome
Natali Papanicolaou, Antonio Lentini, Sebastian Wettersten, Michael Hagemann-Jensen, Annika Krüger, Jilin Zhang, Christos Coucoravas, Ioannis Petrosian, Xian Xin, Ilhan Ceyhan, Joanna Rorbach, Dominic Wright, Björn Reinius
The paper examines dosage compensation mechanisms on the avian Z chromosome in female, male, and intersex chickens, revealing transcriptional and translational strategies similar to mammalian X-chromosome compensation.
bioRxiv · Aug 20, 2024 · PreprintMolecular Biology