Evidence for evolution of a new sex chromosome within the Marchantiales haploid-dominant plant lineage
Yuan Fu, Xiaoxia Zhang, Tian Zhang, Wenjing Sun, Wenjun Yang, Yajing Shi, Jian Zhang, Qiang He, Deborah Charlesworth, Yuannian Jiao, Zhiduan Chen, Bo Xu
The paper investigates dioicy-monoicy transitions in liverworts, confirming monoicy evolved from a dioicous ancestor and describing potential re-evolution of dioicy with new sex chromosome formation.
Journal of Integrative Plant Biology · Feb 21, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology