Browsing Faculty Research Publications (Biochemistry and Biophysics) by Subject "Heterochromatin"

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Chromatin structural changes around satellite repeats on the female sex chromosome in Schistosoma mansoni and their possible role in sex chromosome emergence

Lepesant, Julie M. J.; Cosseau, Celine; Boissier, Jerome; Freitag, Michael; Portela, Julien; Climent, Deborah; Perrin, Cecile; Zerlotini, Adhemar; Grunau, Christoph (BioMed Central Ltd., 2012-02-29)

Background: In the leuphotrochozoan parasitic platyhelminth Schistosoma mansoni, male individuals are homogametic (ZZ) whereas females are heterogametic (ZW). To elucidate the mechanisms that led to the emergence of sex ...