Complex evolutionary trajectories of sex chromosomes across bird taxa

Old but Not (So) Degenerated—Slow Evolution of Largely Homomorphic Sex Chromosomes in Ratites

(2014) Homa Papoli Yazdi et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Mammalian Y chromosomes retain widely expressed dosage-sensitive regulators

(2014) Daniel W. Bellott et al.   NATURE

Origins and functional evolution of Y chromosomes across mammals

(2014) Diego Cortez et al.   NATURE

Genome-Wide Patterns of Genetic Variation in Two Domestic Chickens

(2013) Wen-Lang Fan et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Comparative analysis of mammalian Y chromosomes illuminates ancestral structure and lineage-specific evolution

(2013) G. Li et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

The duck genome and transcriptome provide insight into an avian influenza virus reservoir species

(2013) Yinhua Huang et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Sex-biased gene expression at homomorphic sex chromosomes in emus and its implication for sex chromosome evolution

(2013) B. Vicoso et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

RNA sequencing reveals sexually dimorphic gene expression before gonadal differentiation in chicken and allows comprehensive annotation of the W-chromosome

(2013) Katie L Ayers et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Assemblathon 2: evaluating de novo methods of genome assembly in three vertebrate species

(2013) Keith R Bradnam et al.   GigaScience

The long and the short of avian W chromosomes: no evidence for gradual W shortening

(2012) J. Rutkowska et al.   Biology Letters

Trade-off Between Selection for Dosage Compensation and Masculinization on the Avian Z Chromosome

(2012) Alison E. Wright et al.   GENETICS

Gene Survival and Death on the Human Y Chromosome

(2012) Melissa A. Wilson Sayres et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The genomic landscape of species divergence in Ficedula flycatchers

(2012) Hans Ellegren et al.   NATURE

Strict evolutionary conservation followed rapid gene loss on human and rhesus Y chromosomes

(2012) Jennifer F. Hughes et al.   NATURE

Error-Prone ZW Pairing and No Evidence for Meiotic Sex Chromosome Inactivation in the Chicken Germ Line

(2012) Silvana Guioli et al.   PLoS Genetics

Diverse stages of sex-chromosome differentiation in tinamid birds: evidence from crossover analysis in Eudromia elegans and Crypturellus tataupa

(2011) María Inés Pigozzi   GENETICA

The genome of the green anole lizard and a comparative analysis with birds and mammals

(2011) Jessica Alföldi et al.   NATURE

A vertebrate case study of the quality of assemblies derived from next-generation sequences

(2011) Liang Ye et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

The genome of a songbird

(2010) Wesley C. Warren et al.   NATURE

Convergent evolution of chicken Z and human X chromosomes by expansion and gene acquisition

(2010) Daniel W. Bellott et al.   NATURE

Multi-Platform Next-Generation Sequencing of the Domestic Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo): Genome Assembly and Analysis

(2010) Rami A. Dalloul et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Disruption of FEM1C-W gene in zebra finch: evolutionary insights on avian ZW genes

(2009) Yuichiro Itoh et al.   CHROMOSOMA

Footprints of Inversions at Present and Past Pseudoautosomal Boundaries in Human Sex Chromosomes

(2009) Claire Lemaitre et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

The avian Z-linked gene DMRT1 is required for male sex determination in the chicken

(2009) Craig A. Smith et al.   NATURE

The ZW sex chromosomes of Gekko hokouensis (Gekkonidae, Squamata) represent highly conserved homology with those of avian species

(2008) Aya Kawai et al.   CHROMOSOMA

Synteny conservation of the Z chromosome in 14 avian species (11 families) supports a role for Z dosage in avian sex determination

(2008) I. Nanda et al.   CYTOGENETIC AND GENOME RESEARCH

The Temporal Dynamics of Processes Underlying Y Chromosome Degeneration

(2008) D. Bachtrog   GENETICS

The Chicken (Gallus gallus) Z Chromosome Contains at Least Three Nonlinear Evolutionary Strata

(2008) K. Nam et al.   GENETICS

A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History

(2008) S. J. Hackett et al.   SCIENCE