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Pushpalata Kayastha

Florida International UniversityORCID 0000-0002-3452-1790Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Re-inventing sex: A W chromosome and a path out of parthenogenesis for Bunonema nematodes

Janna L. Fierst, Lara Arbex Herden, Victoria K. Eggers, Christina A Burns, Jasbelle Sosa, Pushpalata Kayastha, Michelle A. McCauley, Karolina Willicott

The paper describes the evolution of a new W chromosome in Bunonema nematodes that helps escape lethal mutations from parthenogenesis.

bioRxiv · Aug 7, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology