Sex chromosomes in meiotic, hemiclonal, clonal and polyploid hybrid vertebrates: along the 'extended speciation continuum'

M Stöck, D Dedukh, R Reifová… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
We review knowledge about the roles of sex chromosomes in vertebrate hybridization and
speciation, exploring a gradient of divergences with increasing reproductive isolation …

A 180 Myr-old female-specific genome region in sturgeon reveals the oldest known vertebrate sex determining system with undifferentiated sex chromosomes

H Kuhl, Y Guiguen, C Höhne… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Several hypotheses explain the prevalence of undifferentiated sex chromosomes in
poikilothermic vertebrates. Turnovers change the master sex determination gene, the sex …

The polyploid origins of crop genomes and their implications: A case study in legumes

B Nadon, S Jackson - Advances in agronomy, 2020 - Elsevier
Gene duplication and polyploidy are some of the most important, yet underappreciated,
evolutionary forces that have shaped all flowering plants on earth, and the crop plants that …

A frog with three sex chromosomes that co-mingle together in nature: Xenopus tropicalis has a degenerate W and a Y that evolved from a Z chromosome

BLS Furman, CMS Cauret, M Knytl, XY Song… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
In many species, sexual differentiation is a vital prelude to reproduction, and disruption of
this process can have severe fitness effects, including sterility. It is thus interesting that …

Functional dissection and assembly of a small, newly evolved, W chromosome-specific genomic region of the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis

CMS Cauret, DC Jordan, LM Kukoly, SR Burton… - Plos …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Genetic triggers for sex determination are frequently co-inherited with other linked genes
that may also influence one or more sex-specific phenotypes. To better understand how sex …

The fossil record and phylogeny of South American horned frogs (Anura, Ceratophryidae)

RO Gómez, GF Turazzini - Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
South American horned frogs (Ceratophryidae), with their large heads, wide gapes and fang-
like teeth, are among the most charismatic, best-known and well-studied neobatrachian …

Rapid Sex Chromosome Turnover in African Clawed Frogs (Xenopus) and the Origins of New Sex Chromosomes

BJ Evans, V Gvoždík, M Knytl… - Molecular Biology …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Sex chromosomes of some closely related species are not homologous, and sex
chromosome turnover is often attributed to mechanisms that involve linkage to or …

Population genomics and subgenome evolution of the allotetraploid frog Xenopus laevis in southern Africa

T Premachandra, CMS Cauret, W Conradie, J Measey… - G3, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Allotetraploid genomes have two distinct genomic components called subgenomes that are
derived from separate diploid ancestral species. Many genomic characteristics such as gene …

Sex chromosome degeneration, turnover, and sex-biased expression of sex-linked transcripts in African clawed frogs (Xenopus)

XY Song, BLS Furman… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The tempo of sex chromosome evolution—how quickly, in what order, why and how their
particular characteristics emerge during evolution—remains poorly understood. To …

Gene Structure Analysis of Chemokines and Their Receptors in Allotetraploid Frog, Xenopus laevis

A Fukui, M Matsunami - Frontiers in Genetics, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Chemokines, relatively small secreted proteins, are involved in cell migration and function in
various biological events, including immunity, morphogenesis, and disease. Due to their …