Sex Chromosome Evolution and Meiosis
A special issue of Genes (ISSN 2073-4425). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Genetics and Genomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 September 2021) | Viewed by 53986
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sex chromosome; sex determination; chromosomal evolution; genomics; transcriptomics; behavior
Interests: meiosis; homologous recombination; DNA repair; evolution of recombination
Interests: sex Chromosomes; meiosis; homologous recombination; chromosome segregation; chromosome evolution; chromatin; cytogenetics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
From the early days of study of genetics and – with ever refined research tools – up to the present time, sex chromosomes have always been a source of fascination. At least three features set sex chromosomes apart from the rest of the genome and drive their unique evolution: the unusual pattern of transmission, the lack of recombination on sex-specific regions, and the absence of synapsis once the two sex chromosomes become divergent enough.
All these three features take place during meiosis, which makes this process the key component to understanding the evolution and differentiation of sex chromosomes. Surprisingly, however, the meiotic behaviour of sex chromosomes and the cellular context in which it happens have received little attention so far.
In this Special Issue, we aim to fill this gap by exploring the large diversity of sex chromosome systems and how the tightly choreographed process of meiosis copes with this. We hope that the table of contents will illustrate this diversity, and that multiple model systems, meiotic processes, and disciplines will be covered. We also seek to provide an overview of the advancements in our understanding of the meiotic contexts in which sex chromosomes arise and evolve.
Dr. Frederic VeyrunesDr. Frederic Baudat
Dr. Jesús Page
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Meiosis
- Sex chromosome
- Synapsis
- Recombination
- Meiotic sex chromosome inactivation
- Chromatin
- Evolution