ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2015
Sex-chromosome differentiation and 'sex races' in the common frog (Rana temporaria).
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- Sex-chromosome evolution in frogs: what role for sex-antagonistic genes?Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2021Article
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- Genome assembly of the basket willow, Salix viminalis, reveals earliest stages of sex chromosome expansion.BMC biology · 2020Article
- A reciprocal translocation radically reshapes sex-linked inheritance in the common frog.Molecular ecology · 2019Article
- Evolutionary and developmental dynamics of sex-biased gene expression in common frogs with proto-Y chromosomes.Genome biology · 2018Article
- A rapid rate of sex-chromosome turnover and non-random transitions in true frogs.Nature communications · 2018Article
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- Suppressed Recombination of Sex Chromosomes Is Not Caused by Chromosomal Reciprocal Translocation in Spiny Frog (Frontiers in genetics · 2018Article
- Sex differentiation in grayling (Salmonidae) goes through an all-male stage and is delayed in genetic males who instead grow faster.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Demographic and genetic consequences of disturbed sex determination.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2017Review
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- Sex-linked markers in the North American green frog (Rana clamitans) developed using DArTseq provide early insight into sex chromosome evolution.BMC genomics · 2016Article
- Dmrt1 polymorphism covaries with sex-determination patterns in Rana temporaria.Ecology and evolution · 2016Article
- The genetic contribution to sex determination and number of sex chromosomes vary among populations of common frogs (Rana temporaria).Heredity · 2016Article
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Abstract
Sex-chromosome differentiation was recently shown to vary among common frog populations in Fennoscandia, suggesting a trend of increased differentiation with latitude. By rearing families from two contrasted populations (respectively, from northern and southern Sweden), we show this disparity to stem from differences in sex-determination mechanisms rather than in XY-recombination patterns. Offspring from the northern population display equal sex ratios at metamorphosis, with phenotypic sexes that correlate strongly with paternal LG2 haplotypes (the sex chromosome); accordingly, Y haplotypes are markedly differentiated, with male-specific alleles and depressed diversity testifying to their smaller effective population size. In the southern population, by contrast, a majority of juveniles present ovaries at metamorphosis; only later in development do sex ratios return to equilibrium. Even at these later stages, phenotypic sexes correlate only mildly with paternal LG2 haplotypes; accordingly, there are no recognizable Y haplotypes. These distinct patterns of gonadal development fit the concept of 'sex races' proposed in the 1930s, with our two populations assigned to the 'differentiated' and 'semi-differentiated' races, respectively. Our results support the suggestion that 'sex races' differ in the genetic versus epigenetic components of sex determination. Analysing populations from the 'undifferentiated race' with high-density genetic maps should help to further test this hypothesis.
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