Gene-rich UV sex chromosomes harbor conserved regulators of sexual development

• DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abh2488
• Publication Date: 2021-06-30T19:17:51Z
• Authors: Sarah B. Carey; Jerry Jenkins; John T. Lovell; Florian Maumus; Avinash Sreedasyam; Adam C. Payton; Shengqiang Shu; George P. Tiley; Noe Fernandez-Pozo; Adam Healey; Kerrie Barry; Cindy Chen; Mei Wang; Anna Lipzen; Chris Daum; Christopher A. Saski; Jordan C. McBreen; Roth E. Conrad; Leslie M. Kollar; Sanna Olsson; Sanna Huttunen; Jacob B. Landis; J. Gordon Burleigh; Norman J. Wickett; Matthew G. Johnson; Stefan A. Rensing; Jane Grimwood; Jeremy Schmutz; Stuart F. McDaniel
• Keywords: Sexual Differentiation

Moss sex chromosomes retain thousands of broadly expressed genes despite millions years suppressed recombination.