Duplicative transfer of a MADS box gene to a plant Y chromosome

Matsunaga, S.; Isono, E.; Kejnovský, Eduard; Vyskot, Boris; Doležel, Jaroslav; Kawano, S.; Charlesworth, D.
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 20 [7]: 1065-1069, 2003

Klíčová slova: dioecious plant; Y chromosome; sex differentiation
Abstrakt: Y chromosomes carry genes with functions in male reproduction and often have few other loci. Their evolution and the causes of genetic degeneration are of great interest. In addition to genetic degeneration, the acquisition of autosomal genes may be important in Y chromosome evolution. We here report that the dioecious plant Silene latifolia harbors a complete MADS box gene, SlAP3Y, duplicated onto the Y chromosome.
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