ReviewMolecular ecology2019
How to identify sex chromosomes and their turnover.
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- A novel sex-associated genomic region in Catostomus fish species.The Journal of heredity · 2025Article
- Linkage Mapping vs. Association: A Comparison of Two RADseq-Based Approaches to Identify Markers for Homomorphic Sex Chromosomes in Large Genomes.Molecular ecology resources · 2025Article
- Multiple Origins of Sex Chromosomes in Nothobranchius Killifishes.Molecular ecology · 2025Article
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- Repeatome Dynamics and Sex Chromosome Differentiation in the XY and XYInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- The role of unbalanced segmental duplication in sex chromosome evolution in Australian ridge-tailed goannas.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
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 chromosomes is associated with female or male development. Although certain groups possess stable and conserved sex chromosomes, others exhibit rapid sex chromosome evolution, including transitions between male and female heterogamety, and turnover in the chromosome pair recruited to determine sex. These turnover events have important consequences for multiple facets of evolution, as sex chromosomes are predicted to play a central role in adaptation, sexual dimorphism, and speciation. However, our understanding of the processes driving the formation and turnover of sex chromosome systems is limited, in part because we lack a complete understanding of interspecific variation in the mechanisms by which sex is determined. New bioinformatic methods are making it possible to identify and characterize sex chromosomes in a diverse array of non-model species, rapidly filling in the numerous gaps in our knowledge of sex chromosome systems across the tree of life. In turn, this growing data set is facilitating and fueling efforts to address many of the unanswered questions in sex chromosome evolution. Here, we synthesize the available bioinformatic approaches to produce a guide for characterizing sex chromosome system and identity simultaneously across clades of organisms. Furthermore, we survey our current understanding of the processes driving sex chromosome turnover, and highlight important avenues for future research.
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