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Long-range linkage maintained male-specific loci on a young Y chromosome prior to recombination shutdown
May Wang, Mohammadebrahim Akhavizadegan, Jen-Yu Wang…·Kevin H.-C. Wei
The paper studies a young Y chromosome in Drosophila albomicans that recombines with the X chromosome before recombination shutdown, maintaining long-range linkage without inversions.
DOI 10.64898/2026.08.31.748364