Old but Not (So) degenerated-slow evolution of largely homomorphic sex chromosomes in ratites

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1444-1453

  Yazdi, Homa Papoli ^a   Ellegren, Hans ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

biased gene conversion; evolutionary strata; gametologs; nonrecombining chromosome; W chromosome; Z chromosome

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; BIRD; DEGENERATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; EVOLUTION; GENE CONVERSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSTRICH; RATITE; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX RATIO; ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE CONVERSION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SEX CHROMOSOMES; STRUTHIONIFORMES; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84901461382     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msu101     Document Type: Article

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