| Literature DB >> 20624177 |
Chikako Matsuba1, Jussi S Alho, Juha Merilä.
Abstract
We show that the recombination rate between the sex chromosomes is controlled by phenotypic, rather than genotypic, sex in sex-reversed common frogs. This supports the recent hypothesis that in ectothermic vertebrates sex reversal can prevent the progressive accumulation of mutations to nonrecombining Y chromosomes and their subsequent evolutionary decay.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20624177 DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01076.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Evolution ISSN: 0014-3820 Impact factor: 3.694