Plant sex chromosomes: lost genes with little compensation

Melissa Toups; Paris Veltsos; John R Pannell

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.03.054

Plant sex chromosomes: lost genes with little compensation

Curr Biol. 2015 May 18;25(10):R427-30. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.03.054.

Authors

Melissa Toups¹, Paris Veltsos¹, John R Pannell²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
² Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: john.pannell@unil.ch.

PMID: 25989086
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.03.054

Abstract

In many animals, gene loss on Y chromosomes is compensated through altered expression of their X-chromosome homologue. Now, however, a new study in plants finds that even genes deleted from the Y show no dosage compensation.

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MeSH terms

Chromosomes, Plant*
Gene Deletion*
Sex Chromosomes*
Silene / genetics*