GenomicsProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPeer-reviewed
Occasional paternal inheritance of the germline-restricted chromosome in songbirds
Yifan Pei, Wolfgang Forstmeier, Francisco J. Ruíz-Ruano…·Bart Kempenaers
The paper shows that the germline-restricted chromosome (GRC) in zebra finches can be paternally inherited, challenging previous assumptions of strict maternal transmission.
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