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Sex chromosome evolution … in haploids, that is

Posted on 16 Jan, 2015 by Stacy Krueger-Hadfield

In diploid organisms, the rates of mutation and recombination played a pivotal role in the evolution of sex-determining regions and, thus, sex chromosomes.  We know quite a bit theoretically and empirically in XY systems in mammals and ZW systems in … Continue reading →

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