Evolution of recombination rates between sex chromosomes

D Charlesworth - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2017‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
In species with genetic sex-determination, the chromosomes carrying the sex-determining
genes have often evolved non-recombining regions and subsequently evolved the full set of …

Why do sex chromosomes stop recombining?

S Ponnikas, H Sigeman, JK Abbott, B Hansson - Trends in Genetics, 2018‏ - cell.com
It is commonly assumed that sex chromosomes evolve recombination suppression because
selection favours linkage between sex-determining and sexually antagonistic genes …

Single-molecule sequencing and optical map** yields an improved genome of woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca) with chromosome-scale contiguity

PP Edger, R VanBuren, M Colle, TJ Poorten… - …, 2018‏ - academic.oup.com
Background Although draft genomes are available for most agronomically important plant
species, the majority are incomplete, highly fragmented, and often riddled with assembly …

Repeated translocation of a gene cassette drives sex-chromosome turnover in strawberries

JA Tennessen, N Wei, SCK Straub… - PLoS …, 2018‏ - journals.plos.org
Turnovers of sex-determining systems represent important diversifying forces across
eukaryotes. Shifts in sex chromosomes—but conservation of the master sex-determining …

Evolution of a ZW sex chromosome system in willows

N Hu, BJ Sanderson, M Guo, G Feng… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Transitions in the heterogamety of sex chromosomes (eg, XY to ZW or vice versa)
fundamentally alter the genetic basis of sex determination, however the details of these …

The diversity and dynamics of sex determination in dioecious plants

AP Leite Montalvão, B Kersten, M Fladung… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
The diversity of inflorescences among flowering plants is captivating. Such charm is not only
due to the variety of sizes, shapes, colors, and flowers displayed, but also to the range of …

The evolution of suppressed recombination between sex chromosomes and the lengths of evolutionary strata

C Olito, JK Abbott - Evolution, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
The idea that sex differences in selection drive the evolution of suppressed recombination
between sex chromosomes is well developed in population genetics. Yet, despite a now …

DNA methylation and the evolution of developmental complexity in plants

K Bräutigam, Q Cronk - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018‏ - frontiersin.org
All land plants so far examined use DNA methylation to silence transposons (TEs). DNA
methylation therefore appears to have been co-opted in evolution from an original function …

The red bayberry genome and genetic basis of sex determination

HM Jia, HJ Jia, QL Cai, Y Wang… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Morella rubra, red bayberry, is an economically important fruit tree in south China. Here, we
assembled the first high‐quality genome for both a female and a male individual of red …

Multi‐model GWAS reveals key loci for horticultural traits in reconstructed garden strawberry

A Rehman, T Iso‐Touru, J Junkers… - Physiologia …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
The cultivated garden strawberry (Fragaria× ananassa) has a rich history, originating from
the hybridization of two wild octoploid strawberry species in the 18th century. Two‐step …