Sex chromosome evolution: Molecular aspects of Y-chromosome degeneration in Drosophila

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Figure 4.
Figure 4.

Evolution of protein-coding genes on the neo-sex chromosomes. Boxes correspond to exons (with left or right arrows corresponding to the first or last exon of a gene, respectively), and lines correspond to introns or flanking intergenic regions. Gray triangles indicate amino acid changes, blue bars represent frameshift deletions, and red triangles correspond to premature stop codons.

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  1. Genome Res. 15: 1393-1401

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