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Re-inventing sex: A W chromosome and a path out of parthenogenesis for Bunonema nematodes
Janna L. Fierst, Lara Arbex Herden, Victoria K. Eggers…·Karolina Willicott
The paper describes the evolution of a new W chromosome in Bunonema nematodes that helps escape lethal mutations from parthenogenesis.