Cytological and preliminary genomic analysis of two Leptodactylus frog species (Anura, Leptodactylidae) with recently evolved large meiotic rings of multiple X and Y sex chromosomes
Jhon Alex Dziechciarz Vidal, Deborah Charlesworth, Wen‐Juan Ma, Qi Zhou, Ricardo Utsunomia, Anderson José Baía Gomes, Amanda Bueno da Silva, Fábio Porto‐Foresti, Thomas Liehr, Marcelo de Bello Cioffi
The paper analyzes cytological and genomic features of two Leptodactylus frog species to understand the evolution of multivalent sex chromosomes in meiosis.
bioRxiv · Mar 27, 2025 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology