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. 2011 Sep 27;21(18):R685-8.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.08.027.

Plant sex chromosomes: a non-degenerated Y?

Doris Bachtrog  1
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Plant sex chromosomes: a non-degenerated Y?

Doris Bachtrog. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

Animal Y chromosomes have undergone chromosome-wide degeneration in response to a lack of recombination, and ancient Ys contain few functional genes. Recent research suggests that plant Y chromosomes may evolve differently and retain most of their ancestral genes.

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