Method / resourcemodel-written summary

Salix herbacea has approximately 8 Mb Z and W regions on chromosome 15.

A claim from Sex chromosome evolution mediated by a large inversion and a possible switch of the sex determination gene · 2026

Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Salix herbacea has approximately 8 Mb Z and W regions on chromosome 15.

Taxon
Salix herbaceaSalix herbaceae0
Organ / stage
chromosome 15e0
Outcome
Z- and W-regionse0
Value
~ 8 Mbe0

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Salix herbacea
Salix herbacea · TaxonEl Grafo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

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“We identify Z- and W-regions (~ 8 Mb) on chromosome 15 of the dwarf willow Salix herbacea using a new haplotype-resolved assembly.”

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Title

Sex chromosome evolution mediated by a large inversion and a possible switch of the sex determination gene

Xiaomeng Mao; Nima Rafati; Christian Tellgren-Roth; et al. Genome biology 2026. doi:10.1186/s13059-026-04038-6

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