Repeated translocation of a supergene underlying rapid sex chromosome turnover in Takifugu fish
Kabir Ahammad, Risa Ieda, S. Hosoya, Daigaku Fujikawa, Kazufumi Atsumi, Shota Tajima, Aoi Nozawa, Shotaro Hirase, Takashi Koyama, Osamu Nakamura, Mitsutaka Kadota, Osamu Nishimura, Shigehiro Kuraku, Yasukazu Nakamura, Hisato Kobayashi, , Kiyoshi Kikuchi
The paper identifies a shared supergene involved in sex chromosome turnover across three Takifugu species, showing repeated translocations of this supergene as the mechanism for sex determination locus changes.
bioRxiv · Nov 16, 2021 · PreprintGenomics