The Red Fox Y-Chromosome in Comparative Context

• Published in: Genes
• Main Authors: Halie M. Rando, William H. Wadlington, Jennifer L. Johnson, Jeremy T. Stutchman, Lyudmila N. Trut, Marta Farré, Anna V. Kukekova
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: Y-chromosome; carnivore; Vulpes vulpes; sex chromosomes; MSY; Y-chromosome genes; copy-number variation; BCORY2; UBE1Y; next-generation sequencing; The ''Y''; Canis lupus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/genes10060409

While the number of mammalian genome assemblies has proliferated, Y-chromosome assemblies have lagged behind. This discrepancy is caused by biological features of the Y-chromosome, such as its high repeat content, that present challenges to assembly with short-read, next-generation sequencing techno...