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Alain Vanderpoorten

Institute of Botany, Universite de Liege;ORCID 0000-0002-5918-7709Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Approach:comparative / phylogenetic analysis· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Organism:plant (other)· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1

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Christelle Blassiau· 1 shared Christelle FraisseiD· 1 shared Fabien Rey-GiraudiD· 1 shared Isabelle Charissou· 1 shared Muskaan MuskaaniD· 1 shared Nils CronbergiD· 1 shared Sara OortiD· 1 shared Xavier VekemansiD· 1 shared

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Ancient U/V sex chromosomes reveal slow expansion of recombination suppression in Polytrichaceae mosses.

Fabien Rey-Giraud, Muskaan Muskaan, Sara Oort, Alain Vanderpoorten, Nils Cronberg, Christelle Blassiau, Isabelle Charissou, Christelle Fraisse, Xavier Vekemans

This study analyzes ancient U/V sex chromosomes in Polytrichaceae mosses, showing that recombination suppression has limited SDR expansion and functional degeneration despite their 124 million-year-old origin.

bioRxiv · Nov 3, 2026 · PreprintGenomics