YOUNG SEX CHROMOSOMES. “In recently evolved sex chromosomes, degeneration is probably much slower than in neo-Y chromosomes. There is less opportunity for selection to cause reduced effective population sizes of Y- or W-specific genes, since only loci within the sex-specific region are probably relevant.”
http://www.nature.com/hdy/journal/v95/n2/full/6800697a.html
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022