Classic sex chromosome evolution

Sex chromosome evolution of Wallace's birds-of-paradise

Qi Zhou

Ecology & Evolution

Classic sex chromosome evolution

“Two groups of birds, Darwin’s finches and Birds-of-Paradise are historically and respectively associated with the discoverers of the rules of natural selection:Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace. These two groups of species are also among the best demonstration of natural selection and sexual selection. We reconstructed the history of sex chromosome evolution of bird-of-paradise, and also other songbirds in this work.”


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