Comparative Genomics and Novel Bioinformatics Methodology Applied to the Green Anole Reveal Unique Sex Chromosome Evolution

abstract: In species with highly heteromorphic sex chromosomes, the degradation of one of the sex chromosomes can result in unequal gene expression between the sexes (e.g., between XX females and XY males) and between the sex chromosomes and the autosomes. Dosage compensation is a process whereby ge...

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Other Authors: Rupp, Shawn Michael (Author)
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.40699