How sex chromosomes get trapped into nonrecombination

Jos Käfer (1, 2)

1 Sexe et évolution
2 UMR DIADE - Diversité, adaptation, développement des plantes

Suppression of recombination along the Y chromosome leads to its degeneration, so why does a process with such potentially deleterious consequences arise? In this issue of PLOS Biology, a new model reveals how and why this might be.

Domaines: Evolution [q-bio.PE]; Génétique des populations [q-bio.PE]; Reproduction sexuée

Jos Käfer. How sex chromosomes get trapped into nonrecombination. PLoS Biology, 2022, 20 (7), pp.e3001718. ⟨10.1371/journal.pbio.3001718⟩. ⟨hal-03728145⟩