Genome Elimination Mediated by Gene Expression from a Selfish Chromosome
E. Dalla Benetta, I. Antoshechkin, T. Yang, H. Q. M. Nguyen, P. M. Ferree, O. s. Akbari
The paper identifies haploidizer, a gene on a B chromosome in Nasonia vitripennis, that mediates genome elimination and sex conversion through testis-specific expression.
bioRxiv · Oct 4, 2019 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology