Chromosome painting does not support a sex chromosome turnover in Lacerta agilis Linnaeus, 1758
A. Lisachov, M. Giovannotti, J. C. Pereira, D. Andreyushkova, S. Romanenko, M. A. Ferguson-Smith, P. Borodin, V. Trifonov
The study uses FISH to confirm that the Z chromosome in L. agilis is a small macrochromosome, not derived from chromosome 5, and shows telomeric repeat accumulation on the W chromosome, supporting stable sex chromosomes in this species.
bioRxiv · Nov 18, 2019Evolutionary Biology