Plant sex chromosome evolution

D Charlesworth - Journal of experimental botany, 2013 - academic.oup.com
It is now well established that plants have an important place in studies of sex chromosome
evolution because of the repeated independent evolution of separate sexes and sex …

The role of repetitive DNA in structure and evolution of sex chromosomes in plants

E Kejnovsky, R Hobza, T Cermak, Z Kubat, B Vyskot - Heredity, 2009 - nature.com
Eukaryotic genomes contain a large proportion of repetitive DNA sequences, mostly
transposable elements (TEs) and tandem repeats. These repetitive sequences often …

Sequencing papaya X and Yh chromosomes reveals molecular basis of incipient sex chromosome evolution

J Wang, JK Na, Q Yu, AR Gschwend… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Sex determination in papaya is controlled by a recently evolved XY chromosome pair, with
two slightly different Y chromosomes controlling the development of males (Y) and …

Sequencing of Pooled DNA Samples (Pool-Seq) Uncovers Complex Dynamics of Transposable Element Insertions in Drosophila melanogaster

R Kofler, AJ Betancourt, C Schlötterer - PLoS genetics, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Transposable elements (TEs) are mobile genetic elements that parasitize genomes by semi-
autonomously increasing their own copy number within the host genome. While TEs are …

Rapid De Novo Evolution of X Chromosome Dosage Compensation in Silene latifolia, a Plant with Young Sex Chromosomes

A Muyle, N Zemp, C Deschamps, S Mousset… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Silene latifolia is a dioecious plant with heteromorphic sex chromosomes that have
originated only∼ 10 million years ago and is a promising model organism to study sex …

Chromosome evolution in connection with repetitive sequences and epigenetics in plants

SF Li, T Su, GQ Cheng, BX Wang, X Li, CL Deng… - Genes, 2017 - mdpi.com
Chromosome evolution is a fundamental aspect of evolutionary biology. The evolution of
chromosome size, structure and shape, number, and the change in DNA composition …

Expansion of the Pseudo-autosomal Region and Ongoing Recombination Suppression in the Silene latifolia Sex Chromosomes

R Bergero, S Qiu, A Forrest, H Borthwick… - Genetics, 2013 - academic.oup.com
There are two very interesting aspects to the evolution of sex chromosomes: what happens
after recombination between these chromosome pairs stops and why suppressed …

Repetitive sequences and epigenetic modification: inseparable partners play important roles in the evolution of plant sex chromosomes

SF Li, GJ Zhang, JH Yuan, CL Deng, WJ Gao - Planta, 2016 - Springer
Main conclusion The present review discusses the roles of repetitive sequences played in
plant sex chromosome evolution, and highlights epigenetic modification as potential …

The evolution of transposable elements in natural populations of self-fertilizing Arabidopsis thaliana and its outcrossing relative Arabidopsis lyrata

S Lockton, BS Gaut - BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2010 - Springer
Abstract Background Transposable Elements (TEs) make up the majority of plant genomes,
and thus understanding TE evolutionary dynamics is key to understanding plant genome …

Molecular cytogenetics (FISH, GISH) of Coccinia grandis: a ca. 3 myr-old species of Cucurbitaceae with the largest Y/autosome divergence in flowering plants

A Sousa, J Fuchs, SS Renner - Cytogenetic and genome research, 2013 - karger.com
The independent evolution of heteromorphic sex chromosomes in 19 species from 4 families
of flowering plants permits studying X/Y divergence after the initial recombination …