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SUBMITTER: Acosta A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6761961 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Acosta Armando A Suárez-Varón Gabriel G Rodríguez-Miranda Luis A LA Lira-Noriega Andrés A Aguilar-Gómez Diana D Gutiérrez-Mariscal Mariana M Hernández-Gallegos Oswaldo O Méndez-de-la-Cruz Fausto F Cortez Diego D
Genome biology and evolution 20190901 9
Almost all lizard families in the pleurodont clade share the same XY system. This system was meticulously studied in Anolis carolinensis, where it shows a highly degenerated Y chromosome and a male-specific X chromosome dosage compensation mechanism. Corytophanids (casque-headed lizards) have been proposed as the only family in the pleurodont clade to lack the XY system. In this study, we worked with extensive genomic and transcriptomic data from Basiliscus vittatus, a member of the Corytophanid ...[more]