Causes and consequences of reciprocal translocations on sex chromosomes

Scott, Michael F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7182-9946 (2019) Causes and consequences of reciprocal translocations on sex chromosomes. Molecular Ecology, 28 (8). pp. 1863-1865. ISSN 0962-1083

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Abstract

Under XY sex determination, the Y chromosome is only inherited via males, whereas the X chromosome is predominantly found in females. Thus, it is favourable when alleles with high male fitness become associated with the Y chromosome and when alleles with high female fitness become associated with the X chromosome. These favourable associations can be strengthened through linkage. Rearrangements, such as inversions and sex chromosome–autosome fusions, can increase linkage and thereby become favoured (Charlesworth, 2017). In a From the Cover article in this issue of Molecular Ecology, Toups, Rodrigues, Perrin, and Kirkpatrick (2019) present the first genomic analysis of a sex chromosome reciprocal translocation, a particularly dramatic chromosomal rearrangement that modifies linkage with the sex chromosome. As a result of reciprocal translocation, one studied population of the common frog (Rana temporaria, Figure 1) displays a remarkable sex-determining system in which there are two physically unlinked sex chromosomes that are exclusively cotransmitted (Figure 2a).

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	15 Feb 2022 09:30
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2022 17:33
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/83484
DOI:	10.1111/mec.15064

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