Chromosome number evolves at equal rates in holocentric and monocentric clades. [PDF]
PLoS Genet, 2020 Despite the fundamental role of centromeres two different types are observed across plants and animals. Monocentric chromosomes possess a single region that function as the centromere while in holocentric chromosomes centromere activity is spread across ...
Ruckman SN +3 more
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Chromosome number, sex determination, and meiotic chromosome behavior in the praying mantid Hierodula membranacea. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 Praying mantids are important models for studying a wide range of chromosome behaviors, yet few species of mantids have been characterized chromosomally.
Leocadia V Paliulis +7 more
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The genome size, chromosome number and the seed adaption to long-distance dispersal of Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 Ipomoeapes-caprae (L.) (IPC) is a common species in tropical and subtropical coastal areas and one of the world’s most widely distributed plants. It has attracted researchers for its outstanding biological, ecological and medicinal values.
Kangzhuo Ye +19 more
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Genome size variation at constant chromosome number is not correlated with repetitive DNA dynamism in Anacyclus (Asteraceae). [PDF]
Ann Bot, 2020 BACKGROUND AND AIMS Changes in the amount of repetitive DNA (dispersed and tandem repeats) are considered the main contributors to genome size variation across plant species in the absence of polyploidy. However, the study of repeatome dynamism in groups
Vitales D +7 more
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Chromosome number evolution in skippers (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae)
Comparative Cytogenetics, 2014 Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), as many other groups of animals and plants, simultaneously represent preservation of ancestral karyotype in the majority of families with a high degree of chromosome number instability in numerous independently ...
Vladimir Lukhtanov
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Variation in genome size, cell and nucleus volume, chromosome number and rDNA loci among duckweeds. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2019 Duckweeds are small, free-floating, largely asexual and highly neotenous organisms. They display the most rapid growth among flowering plants and are of growing interest in aquaculture and genome biology.
Hoang PTN +4 more
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Unscrambling phylogenetic effects and ecological determinants of chromosome number in major angiosperm clades. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2018 As variations in the chromosome number are recognized to be of evolutionary interest but are also widely debated in the literature, we aimed to quantitatively test for possible relationships among the chromosome number, plant traits, and environmental ...
Carta A, Bedini G, Peruzzi L.
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Sex and Pubertal Differences in the Type 1 Interferon Pathway Associate With Both X Chromosome Number and Serum Sex Hormone Concentration. [PDF]
Front Immunol, 2018 Type 1 interferons (IFN) are an antiviral cytokine family, important in juvenile onset systemic lupus erythematosus (jSLE) which is more common in females, around puberty.
Webb K +11 more
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Mechanisms of chromosome number evolution in yeast. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2011 The whole-genome duplication (WGD) that occurred during yeast evolution changed the basal number of chromosomes from 8 to 16. However, the number of chromosomes in post-WGD species now ranges between 10 and 16, and the number in non-WGD species ...
Jonathan L Gordon +2 more
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Evolutionary mechanisms of runaway chromosome number change in Agrodiaetus butterflies. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2017 Despite predictions of the classic, hybrid-sterility model of chromosomal speciation, some organisms demonstrate high rate of karyotype evolution. This rate is especially impressive in Agrodiaetus butterflies that rapidly evolved the greatest chromosome ...
Vershinina AO, Lukhtanov VA.
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