Journal
GENES
Volume 9, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/genes9100480
Keywords
sex chromosome evolution; African cichlids; sex chromosomes
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- National Science Foundation (NSF) grant [DEB-1830753]
- ISTPlus Fellowship
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African cichlids display a remarkable assortment of jaw morphologies, pigmentation patterns, and mating behaviors. In addition to this previously documented diversity, recent studies have documented a rich diversity of sex chromosomes within these fishes. Here we review the known sex-determination network within vertebrates, and the extraordinary number of sex chromosomes systems segregating in African cichlids. We also propose a model for understanding the unusual number of sex chromosome systems within this clade.
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