| Plant sex chromosomes: a non-degenerated y? | |
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PMID: 21959153 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Animal Y chromosomes have undergone chromosome-wide degeneration in response to a lack of recombination, and ancient Ys contain few functional genes. Recent research suggests that plant Y chromosomes may evolve differently and retain most of their ancestral genes. |
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Doris Bachtrog |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Current biology : CB Volume: 21 ISSN: 1879-0445 ISO Abbreviation: Curr. Biol. Publication Date: 2011 Sep |
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Created Date: 2011-09-30 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9107782 Medline TA: Curr Biol Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: R685-8 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Department of Integrative Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 9470, USA. |
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