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. 2021 Aug 30;376(1832):20200088.
doi: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0088. Epub 2021 Jul 12.

Preface

Lukáš Kratochvíl  1 , Matthias Stöck  2   3
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Preface

Lukáš Kratochvíl et al. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. .

Abstract

This preface introduces the two parts of a theme issue on vertebrate sex chromosome evolution (title below). We invited and edited 22 articles concerning the following main topics (Part 1): sex determination without sex chromosomes and/or governed by epigenetics; origin of sex-determining genes; reasons for differentiation of sex chromosomes and differences in their rates of differentiation as well as (Part 2): co-option of the same linkage groups into sex chromosomes; is differentiation of sex chromosomes a unidirectional pathway?; consequences of differentiated sex chromosomes; differences in differentiation of sex chromosomes under male versus female heterogamety; evolution of sex chromosomes under hybridization and polyploidy. This article is part of the theme issue 'Challenging the paradigm in sex chromosome evolution: empirical and theoretical insights with a focus on vertebrates (Part I)'.

Keywords: evolution; sex chromosomes; vertebrates.

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