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Evolution: A New Idea about the Degeneration of Y and W Chromosomes

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CURRENT BIOLOGY
Volume 30, Issue 15, Pages R871-R873

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CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.008

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Y and W chromosomes start degenerating after they evolve a non-recombining region that is always heterozygous in males (Y) or females (W), sometimes losing almost all genes that were originally present on their X or Z counterparts. A new model for such degeneration involves evolutionary change in regulatory sequences.

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