The contribution of sex chromosome conflict to disrupted spermatogenesis in hybrid house mice
E. E. K. Kopania, E. M. Watson, C. C. Rathje, B. M. Skinner, P. J. Ellis, E. L. Larson, J. M. Good
This study investigates how XY chromosome mismatch affects male fertility in hybrid house mice, finding that X chromosome overexpression in spermatids is linked to disrupted meiotic X-inactivation rather than XY gene copy number imbalance.
bioRxiv · Jul 19, 2022Evolutionary Biology