How to identify sex chromosomes and their turnover

DH Palmer, TF Rogers, R Dean, AE Wright - Molecular ecology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Although sex is a fundamental component of eukaryotic reproduction, the genetic systems
that control sex determination are highly variable. In many organisms the presence of sex …

Sex chromosomes as supergenes of speciation: why amphibians defy the rules?

C Dufresnes, PA Crochet - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
As reflected by the two rules of speciation (Haldane's rule and the large X-/Z-effect), sex
chromosomes are expected to behave like supergenes of speciation: they recombine only in …

Identification of the master sex determining gene in Northern pike (Esox lucius) reveals restricted sex chromosome differentiation

Q Pan, R Feron, A Yano, R Guyomard, E Jouanno… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Teleost fishes, thanks to their rapid evolution of sex determination mechanisms, provide
remarkable opportunities to study the formation of sex chromosomes and the mechanisms …

Transposon-induced epigenetic silencing in the X chromosome as a novel form of dmrt1 expression regulation during sex determination in the fighting fish

L Wang, F Sun, ZY Wan, Z Yang, YX Tay, M Lee, B Ye… - BMC biology, 2022 - Springer
Background Fishes are the one of the most diverse groups of animals with respect to their
modes of sex determination, providing unique models for uncovering the evolutionary and …

Exaggerated heterochiasmy in a fish with sex-linked male coloration polymorphisms

R Bergero, J Gardner, B Bader… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
It is often stated that polymorphisms for mutations affecting fitness of males and females in
opposite directions [sexually antagonistic (SA) polymorphisms] are the main selective force …

Sex-chromosome evolution in frogs: what role for sex-antagonistic genes?

N Perrin - … Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Sex-antagonistic (SA) genes are widely considered to be crucial players in the evolution of
sex chromosomes, being instrumental in the arrest of recombination and degeneration of Y …

Novel genetic sex markers reveal high frequency of sex reversal in wild populations of the agile frog (Rana dalmatina) associated with anthropogenic land use

E Nemesházi, Z Gál, N Ujhegyi, V Verebélyi… - Molecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Populations of ectothermic vertebrates are vulnerable to environmental pollution and climate
change because certain chemicals and extreme temperatures can cause sex reversal …

Sex-chromosome recombination in common frogs brings water to the fountain-of-youth

N Rodrigues, T Studer, C Dufresnes… - Molecular biology and …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
According to the canonical model of sex-chromosome evolution, the degeneration of Y or W
chromosomes (as observed in mammals and birds, respectively) results from an arrest of …

The diversity and evolution of sex chromosomes in frogs

WJ Ma, P Veltsos - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Frogs are ideal organisms for studying sex chromosome evolution because of their diversity
in sex chromosome differentiation and sex-determination systems. We review 222 anuran …

The guppy sex chromosome system and the sexually antagonistic polymorphism hypothesis for Y chromosome recombination suppression

D Charlesworth - Genes, 2018 - mdpi.com
Sex chromosomes regularly evolve suppressed recombination, distinguishing them from
other chromosomes, and the reason for this has been debated for many years. It is now clear …