Retrogenes reveal the direction of sex-chromosome evolution in mosquitoes.

Authors: Toups, M.A. and Hahn, M.W.

Journal: Genetics

Volume: 186

Issue: 2

Pages: 763-766

eISSN: 1943-2631

DOI: 10.1534/genetics.110.118794

Abstract:

The mosquito Anopheles gambiae has heteromorphic sex chromosomes, while the mosquito Aedes aegypti has homomorphic sex chromosomes. We use retrotransposed gene duplicates to show an excess of movement off the An. gambiae X chromosome only after the split with Ae. aegypti, suggesting that their ancestor had homomorphic sex chromosomes.

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Retrogenes Reveal the Direction of Sex-Chromosome Evolution in Mosquitoes

Authors: Toups, M.A. and Hahn, M.W.

Journal: GENETICS

Volume: 186

Issue: 2

Pages: 763-766

eISSN: 1943-2631

ISSN: 0016-6731

DOI: 10.1534/genetics.110.118794

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Retrogenes reveal the direction of sex-chromosome evolution in mosquitoes

Authors: Toups, M.A. and Hahn, M.W.

Journal: Genetics

Volume: 186

Pages: 763-766

Source: Manual

Retrogenes reveal the direction of sex-chromosome evolution in mosquitoes.

Authors: Toups, M.A. and Hahn, M.W.

Journal: Genetics

Volume: 186

Issue: 2

Pages: 763-766

eISSN: 1943-2631

ISSN: 0016-6731

DOI: 10.1534/genetics.110.118794

Abstract:

The mosquito Anopheles gambiae has heteromorphic sex chromosomes, while the mosquito Aedes aegypti has homomorphic sex chromosomes. We use retrotransposed gene duplicates to show an excess of movement off the An. gambiae X chromosome only after the split with Ae. aegypti, suggesting that their ancestor had homomorphic sex chromosomes.

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