De novo assembly and characterization of a highly degenerated ZW sex chromosome in the fish Megaleporinus macrocephalus
Carolina Heloisa de Souza Borges, Ricardo Utsunomia, Alessandro M. Varani, Marcela Uliano‐Silva, Lieschen Valeria Guerra Lira, Arno Juliano Butzge, John F.G. Agudelo, Shisley Manso, Milena V. Freitas, Raquel B. Ariede, Vito A. Mastrochirico-Filho, Carolina Peñaloza, Agustin Barría, Fábio Porto‐Foresti, Fausto Foresti, , Diogo Teruo Hashimoto
The paper assembles and characterizes the ZW sex chromosomes in M. macrocephalus using PacBio and Hi-C, identifying candidate genes for sex determination.
bioRxiv · Mar 7, 2024 · PreprintGenomics