Evolution of a bipolar sexual compatibility system in Marasmius

M Hiltunen Thorén, A Stanojković, M Ryberg… - Mycologia, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
Sexual compatibility in the Basidiomycota is governed by genetic identity at one or two loci,
resulting in compatibility systems called bipolar and tetrapolar. The loci are known as HD …

Why do sex chromosomes progressively lose recombination?

P Jay, D Jeffries, FE Hartmann, A Véber, T Giraud - Trends in Genetics, 2024 - cell.com
Progressive recombination loss is a common feature of sex chromosomes. Yet, the
evolutionary drivers of this phenomenon remain a mystery. For decades, differences in trait …