Autosomal sdY pseudogenes explain discordances between phenotypic sex and DNA marker for sex identification in Atlantic salmon

• Published in: Frontiers in Genetics
• Main Authors: Ayllon, Fernando, Solberg, Monica Favnebøe, Besnier, Francois, Fjelldal, Per Gunnar, Hansen, Tom Johnny, Wargelius, Anna, Edvardsen, Rolf Brudvik, Glover, Kevin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers 2020
• Subjects: The ''Y''; Atlantic salmon
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2740360; https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2020.544207

Despite the key role that sex-determination plays in evolutionary processes, it is still poorly understood in many species. In salmonids, which are among the best studied fishes, the master sex-determining gene sexually dimorphic on the Y-chromosome (sdY) has been identified. However, sdY displays u...