GeneticsPLoS GeneticsPeer-reviewed
Meiosis reveals the early steps in the evolution of a neo-XY sex chromosome pair in the African pygmy mouse Mus minutoides
Ana Gil-Fernández, Paul A. Saunders, Marta Martín‐Ruíz…·Jesús Page
This paper studies meiosis in the African pygmy mouse to reveal early steps in neo-XY sex chromosome differentiation, showing delayed synapsis, suppressed recombination, and unique metaphase-I associations in the neo-PAR.
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