Gabriel A. B. Marais

This study sequences the giant Y chromosome of Silene latifolia and reveals its structure, function, and evolutionary history.

The paper investigates the role of transposable elements in the sex gap of longevity across three Drosophila species, finding age-related TE expression and Y chromosome effects on male lifespan.

The paper presents a multiplex PCR-mix for high-fidelity sexing of Cannabis sativa seedlings, achieving 99.5% success across 12 cultivars.

The paper investigates the association between transposable element expression and Y chromosome number in humans, suggesting a toxic Y effect on male longevity.

The paper introduces SDpop, a method to detect sex-linked genes in natural populations using genotyped individuals, showing robust predictions with 5-10 individuals per sex.

The paper studies the pseudoautosomal boundary (PAB) evolution in strepsirrhine primates and finds it has remained stable, unlike in haplorrhines where PAB shifts occurred due to recombination suppression.

The paper identifies the sex chromosomes of Cannabis sativa through segregation analysis and RNA-sequencing, revealing a highly degenerated Y chromosome and the oldest known plant sex chromosome system.

This study identifies the sex chromosome in Mercurialis annua using genomic and transcriptomic data, revealing suppressed recombination and X/Y sequence divergence without extensive Y-chromosome degeneration.