It's finally out! This paper took quite a while but I'm so excited to share now! For anyone who studies sex chromosomes, take note: we found a rare "slower X"! (dN/dS_X < dN/dS_Autos) đź‘€
Andrew Mongue
New paper: "Faster adaptation but slower divergence of X chromosomes under paternal genome elimination" (Open Access)
w/ Robert Baird, @imprintedgene.bsky.social‬, Jan Ĺ evÄŤĂk, Katy Monteith, @laurarossevo.bsky.social‬ & @ajmongue.bsky.social‬
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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X chromosomes evolve faster than autosomes, but confounding factors make this a difficult phenomenon to study. Utilising the unusual sex determination system of Sciaridae flies, this study finds a slo...