ZW sex chromosome structure in Amborella trichopoda
Sarah B. Carey, Laramie M. Akozbek, John T. Lovell, Jerry W. Jenkins, Adam L. Healey, Shengqiang Shu, Paul Grabowski, Alan E. Yocca, Ada Stewart, Teresa Jones, Kerrie Barry, Shanmugam Rajasekar, Jayson Talag, Charles P. Scutt, Porter P. Lowry, , Alex Harkess
The paper presents a haplotype-resolved genome assembly of Amborella trichopoda, identifying a young ZW sex chromosome system with a 3-Megabase sex-determination region that shows limited degeneration.
Nature Plants · Nov 25, 2024Peer-reviewedGenomics