Evolutionary BiologyMolecular Biology and EvolutionPeer-reviewed
Phased assembly of neo-sex chromosomes reveals extensive Y degeneration and rapid genome evolution in Rumex hastatulus
Bianca M. Sacchi, Zoë Humphries, Jana Kružlicová…·Stephen Wright
The paper studies Y chromosome degeneration in Rumex hastatulus by analyzing phased genome assemblies of old and new sex chromosomes, finding extensive gene loss and transposable element expansion on the Y chromosome.
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