Dynamic evolutionary history and gene content of sex chromosomes across diverse songbirds
L.-h. Xu, G. Auer, V. Peona, A. Suh, Y. Deng, S.-h. Feng, G.-j. Zhang, M. Blom, L. Christidis, S. Prost, M. Irestedt, Q. Zhou
This study investigates the evolutionary history of sex chromosomes in songbirds, identifying four recombination suppression steps and a burst of retrotransposon activity associated with strata formation.
bioRxiv · Oct 29, 2018Evolutionary Biology