Friday, May 16th, 2014
In her recently published Genetics paper, Sarah Albritton (Ercan lab) shows that the nematode X chromosomes have higher female-biased and lower male-biased expression. Sarah proposes that the expression and gene content of the X chromosome is largely shaped by meiotic inactivation of the X, and by the X-dosage imbalance between males (XO) and females (XX). To view the article, "Sex-Biased Gene Expression and Evolution of the X Chromosome in Nematodes", click here.
