Extensive genetic differentiation between homomorphic sex chromosomes in the mosquito vector, Aedes aegypti
A. Fontaine, I. Filipovic, T. Fansiri, A. A. Hoffmann, C. Cheng, M. Kirkpatrick, G. Rasic, L. Lambrechts
The paper shows that sex chromosomes in Aedes aegypti are genetically differentiated over a large region, not just a small sex-determining region, and demonstrates how this can be used for accurate sex assignment and population genomic studies.
bioRxiv · Jun 21, 2016Evolutionary Biology