Sex Chromosomes

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The homologous chromosomes that are dissimilar in the heterogametic sex. There are the X CHROMOSOME, the Y CHROMOSOME, and the W, Z chromosomes (in animals in which the female is the heterogametic sex (the silkworm moth Bombyx mori, for example)). In such cases the W chromosome is the female-determining and the male is ZZ. (From King & Stansfield, A Dictionary of Genetics, 4th ed)

Descriptor ID	D012730
MeSH Number(s)	A11.284.187.865 G05.360.162.865
Concept/Terms	Sex Chromosomes Sex Chromosomes Chromosome, Sex Chromosomes, Sex Sex Chromosome Gonosomes Gonosome

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Sex Chromosomes".

Anatomy [A]
Cells [A11]
Cellular Structures [A11.284]
Chromosomes [A11.284.187]
Sex Chromosomes [A11.284.187.865]
Biological Sciences [G]
Genetic Phenomena [G05]
Genetic Structures [G05.360]
Chromosomes [G05.360.162]
Sex Chromosomes [G05.360.162.865]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2002	0	1	1
2007	1	0	1
2009	1	1	2
2010	0	1	1
2015	1	0	1
2019	1	0	1
2021	1	0	1
2022	0	1	1
2024	1	0	1

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Evans BJ, Gvo?d?k V, Knytl M, Cauret CMS, Herrel A, Greenbaum E, Patel J, Premachandra T, Papenfuss TJ, Parente J, Horb ME, Measey J. Rapid Sex Chromosome Turnover in African Clawed Frogs (Xenopus) and the Origins of New Sex Chromosomes. Mol Biol Evol. 2024 Dec 05; 41(12).

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Keating SE, Greenbaum E, Johnson JD, Gamble T. Identification of a cis-sex chromosome transition in banded geckos (Coleonyx, Eublepharidae, Gekkota). J Evol Biol. 2022 12; 35(12):1675-1682.

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Pan Q, Feron R, Jouanno E, Darras H, Herpin A, Koop B, Rondeau E, Goetz FW, Larson WA, Bernatchez L, Tringali M, Curran SS, Saillant E, Denys GP, von Hippel FA, Chen S, L?pez JA, Verreycken H, Ocalewicz K, Guyomard R, Eche C, Lluch J, Roques C, Hu H, Tabor R, DeHaan P, Nichols KM, Journot L, Parrinello H, Klopp C, Interesova EA, Trifonov V, Schartl M, Postlethwait J, Guiguen Y. The rise and fall of the ancient northern pike master sex-determining gene. Elife. 2021 01 28; 10.

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Lavretsky P, DaCosta JM, Sorenson MD, McCracken KG, Peters JL. ddRAD-seq data reveal significant genome-wide population structure and divergent genomic regions that distinguish the mallard and close relatives in North America. Mol Ecol. 2019 05; 28(10):2594-2609.

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Raslan R, Shah BN, Zhang X, Kanias T, Han J, Machado RF, Gladwin MT, Gordeuk VR, Saraf SL. Hemolysis and hemolysis-related complications in females vs. males with sickle cell disease. Am J Hematol. 2018 11; 93(11):E376-E380.

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Lavretsky P, Dacosta JM, Hern?ndez-Ba?os BE, Engilis A, Sorenson MD, Peters JL. Speciation genomics and a role for the Z chromosome in the early stages of divergence between Mexican ducks and mallards. Mol Ecol. 2015 Nov; 24(21):5364-78.

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Cocquet J, Ellis PJ, Yamauchi Y, Riel JM, Karacs TP, Rattigan A, Ojarikre OA, Affara NA, Ward MA, Burgoyne PS. Deficiency in the multicopy Sycp3-like X-linked genes Slx and Slxl1 causes major defects in spermatid differentiation. Mol Biol Cell. 2010 Oct 15; 21(20):3497-505.

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Cocquet J, Ellis PJ, Yamauchi Y, Mahadevaiah SK, Affara NA, Ward MA, Burgoyne PS. The multicopy gene Sly represses the sex chromosomes in the male mouse germline after meiosis. PLoS Biol. 2009 Nov; 7(11):e1000244.

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Yan W, McCarrey JR. Sex chromosome inactivation in the male. Epigenetics. 2009 Oct 01; 4(7):452-6.

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Hornecker JL, Samollow PB, Robinson ES, Vandeberg JL, McCarrey JR. Meiotic sex chromosome inactivation in the marsupial Monodelphis domestica. Genesis. 2007 Nov; 45(11):696-708.

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