Sex Chromosome Turnover in Bent-Toed Geckos ( Cyrtodactylus )

Lizards and snakes (squamates) are known for their varied sex determining systems, and gecko lizards are especially diverse, having evolved sex chromosomes independently multiple times. While sex chromosomes frequently turnover among gecko genera, intrageneric turnovers are known only from and . Her...

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Published inGenes Vol. 12; no. 1; p. 116
Main Authors Keating, Shannon E, Blumer, Madison, Grismer, L Lee, Lin, Aung, Nielsen, Stuart V, Thura, Myint Kyaw, Wood, Jr, Perry L, Quah, Evan S H, Gamble, Tony
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland MDPI AG 19.01.2021
MDPI
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Cyrtodactylus
Deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA
Females
Hemidactylus
Males
Phylogenetics
Sex chromosomes
Sex determination
United States > US
Myanmar (Burma)
RADseq
Gekkota
lizard
synteny
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Summary:Lizards and snakes (squamates) are known for their varied sex determining systems, and gecko lizards are especially diverse, having evolved sex chromosomes independently multiple times. While sex chromosomes frequently turnover among gecko genera, intrageneric turnovers are known only from and . Here, we used RADseq to identify sex-specific markers in two species of Burmese bent-toed geckos. We uncovered XX/XY sex chromosomes in and ZZ/ZW sex chromosomes in . This is the third instance of intrageneric turnover of sex chromosomes in geckos. Additionally, are closely related to another genus with intrageneric turnover, . Together, these data suggest that sex chromosome turnover may be common in this clade, setting them apart as exceptionally diverse in a group already known for diverse sex determination systems.
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ISSN:2073-4425
2073-4425
DOI:10.3390/genes12010116