ReviewTrends in genetics : TIG2009
Origin and evolution of Y chromosomes: Drosophila tales.
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- Male sterility in Drosophila mojavensis × D. arizonae hybrids is not caused by gene movements in the Y chromosome.Evolution; international journal of organic evolution · 2025Article
- Support for Y-compensation of mother's curse affecting lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster.Heredity · 2024Article
- Sex Chromosome Evolution: Hallmarks and Question Marks.Molecular biology and evolution · 2024Review
- Divergent evolution of male-determining loci on proto-Y chromosomes of the housefly.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Genetic conflict and the origin of multigene families: implications for sex chromosome evolution.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2023Review
- The Evolutionary History of Drosophila simulans Y Chromosomes Reveals Molecular Signatures of Resistance to Sex Ratio Meiotic Drive.Molecular biology and evolution · 2023Article
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- Sex determination mechanisms and sex control approaches in aquaculture animals.Science China. Life sciences · 2022Review
- Some thoughts about the words we use for thinking about sex chromosome evolution.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2022Review
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- Do Ty3/Gypsy Transposable Elements Play Preferential Roles in Sex Chromosome Differentiation?Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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- New Genes in theGenes · 2021Article
- Genomic anatomy of male-specific microchromosomes in a gynogenetic fish.PLoS genetics · 2021Article
- piRNA-mediated gene regulation and adaptation to sex-specific transposon expression inGenes & development · 2021Article
- InSexBase: an annotated genomic resource of sex chromosomes and sex-biased genes in insects.Database : the journal of biological databases and curation · 2021Article
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Abstract
Classically, Y chromosomes are thought to originate from X chromosomes through a process of degeneration and gene loss. Now, the availability of 12 Drosophila genomes provides an opportunity to study the origin and evolution of Y chromosomes in an informative phylogenetic context. Surprisingly, the majority of Drosophila Y-linked genes are recent acquisitions from autosomes and Y chromosome gene gains are more frequent than gene losses. Moreover, the Drosophila pseudoobscura Y chromosome lacks homology with the Y of most Drosophila species. Thus, the Drosophila Y has a different evolutionary history from canonical Y chromosomes (such as the mammalian Y) and it also might have a different origin.
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