Coexisting Y haplotypes reveal cyclic sex chromosome differentiation around a shared sex-determining region
Fantin Carpentier, Antoine Houtain, Ezgi Unal, Kelsey L. Doucette, Ricard Fontserè, Alan Brelsford, Melissa A. Toups, Nicolas Perrin, Paris Veltsos, Wen‐Juan Ma
The paper investigates sex chromosome evolution in frogs by analyzing coexisting Y haplotypes, revealing cyclic differentiation dynamics rather than unidirectional degeneration.
bioRxiv · Jun 30, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology