Big thanks to @tododge.bsky.social and @mollyschumer.bsky.social for their invaluable mentorship!!
I’ll also be presenting a poster on this work at PEQG this Thursday (8:30-10pm, PgmNr 284T)
Lyle Given
Excited to share new work on two sex-linked pigment traits in Xiphophorus! This project was led by undergrad @lagiven.bsky.social, who’s worked with me for the last 3(!) years. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Sex-linked traits are widespread, but their genetic architecture has been challenging to characterize, due in part to the repetitive and structurally complex nature of sex chromosomes. In swordtails a...