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Out with the Old: Contrasting Histone Marks are Associated with Dosage Compensation on the Ancient and New Z of a Moth with Complex Sex Chromosomes
Vincent Kiplangat Bett, Marwan Elkrewi, Ariana Macon, Beatriz Viçoso
This study investigates dosage compensation mechanisms on sex chromosomes in a moth, revealing distinct patterns on ancestral and neo-sex chromosomes and suggesting new mechanisms evolved in neo-sex chromosomes.