Repeated turnovers keep sex chromosomes young in willows.

Deyan WangYiling LiMengmeng LiWenlu YangXinzhi MaLei ZhangYubo WangYanlin FengYuanyuan ZhangRan ZhouBrian J SandersonKen Keefover-RingTongming YinLawrence B SmartStephen P DiFazioJianquan LiuMatthew OlsonTao Ma

Published in: Genome biology (2022)

Our findings further improve the evolutionary trajectory of sex chromosomes in Salicaceae species, explore the evolutionary forces driving the repeated turnovers of their sex chromosomes, and provide a valuable reference for the study of sex chromosomes in other species.

Keyphrases

genome wide
gene expression
dna methylation
genetic diversity