A lizard is never late: Squamate genomics as a recent catalyst for understanding sex chromosome and microchromosome evolution

BJ Pinto, T Gamble, CH Smith, MA Wilson - Journal of Heredity, 2023 - academic.oup.com
In 2011, the first high-quality genome assembly of a squamate reptile (lizard or snake) was
published for the green anole. Dozens of genome assemblies were subsequently published …

Sex chromosome evolution: The remarkable diversity in the evolutionary rates and mechanisms

WJ Ma, M Rovatsos - Journal of Evolutionary biology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
In this editorial letter, we summarize the current challenges in the field of sex chromosome
evolution and introduce the 17 manuscripts which together provide insights into the diversity …

Chromosome evolution in Iberolacerta, a genus that deviates from the standard karyotype formula of Lacertidae

H Naveira, V Rojo, I Gómez-Seoane… - Genetica, 2023 - Springer
This paper describes the preparation of flow-sorted chromosome paints from the Iberian
Rock lizard Iberolacerta monticola, exemplifying their subsequent use in cross-species …

Mutations, sex, and genetic diversity: New arguments for partially directed evolution

AV Melkikh - Biosystems, 2023 - Elsevier
A review of the theories of the existence of sexes, genetic diversity, and the distribution of
mutations among organisms shows that all these concepts are not a product of random …

Chromosome evolution in a genus that deviates from the standard karyotype formula of Lacertidae

H Naveira, V Rojo, I Gómez-Seoane… - 2023 - researchsquare.com
This paper describes the preparation of flow-sorted chromosome paints from the Iberian
Rock lizard I. monticola, and exemplifies their subsequent use in cross-species chromosome …