The tortured past of young polymorphic sex chromosomes revealed through multiple de novo genome assemblies of the mountain pine beetle
German Lagunas‐Robles, Barbara Bentz, Medhavi Verma, Jim Vandygriff, Matt Hansen, Tyler J. Simmonds, Renée L. Corpuz, Angela N Kauwe, Scott M. Geib, Ryan Bracewell
The paper generates chromosome-level assemblies of the mountain pine beetle to study neo-sex chromosome evolution, revealing rapid degeneration and structural divergence in neo-Y chromosomes.
Evolution Letters · Sep 17, 2026Peer-reviewedGenomics