Plant genera Cannabis and Humulus share the same pair of well-differentiated sex chromosomes.
D. Prentout, N. Stajner, A. Cerenak, T. Tricou, C. Brochier-Armanet, J. Jakse, J. Kafer, G. A. Marais
The paper identifies shared sex chromosomes between Cannabis and Humulus, showing recombination suppression and Y chromosome degeneration in their common ancestor.
bioRxiv · Mar 11, 2021Evolutionary Biology