Genetic conflict in fish led to evolution of new sex chromosomes
Thursday, October 1, 2009 - 14:49
in Biology & Nature
University of Maryland biologists have genetically mapped the sex chromosomes of several species of cichlid (pronounced "sick-lid") fish from Lake Malawi, East Africa, and identified a mechanism by which new sex chromosomes may evolve.
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