A new model of sex chromosome evolution

Pavitra Muralidhar^{1

2}, Carl Veller^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Center for Population Biology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
² Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.

Comment

Pavitra Muralidhar et al. Science. 2022.

. 2022 Feb 11;375(6581):616-617.

doi: 10.1126/science.abn7410. Epub 2022 Feb 10.

Pavitra Muralidhar^{1

2}, Carl Veller^{1

2}

¹ Center for Population Biology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
² Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.

Abstract

A new model, based on the evolution of gene regulation, challenges the classical theory.

Y recombination arrest and degeneration in the absence of sexual dimorphism.
Lenormand T, Roze D. Lenormand T, et al. Science. 2022 Feb 11;375(6581):663-666. doi: 10.1126/science.abj1813. Epub 2022 Feb 10. Science. 2022. PMID: 35143289