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Evolution of a near-neutral B chromosome

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Among the constellation of selfish genetic elements, including transposons, segregation distorters and some cytoplasmic factors, which make up eukaryote genomes, B chromosomes are in fact the earliest example to be widely studied (Jones, 1985; Shaw and Hewitt, 1990). The term B chromosome was first used by Randolph (1928) in maize and more than 1300 plant and nearly 500 animal species have since been reported to carry them (Jones and Puertas, 1993).

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  1. Department of Genetics, University of San Pablo, Madrid, Spain

    N. Henriques-Gil

  2. The University of Cambridge, UK

    J. S. Parker (Professor of Plant Cytogenetics) (Professor of Plant Cytogenetics)

  3. Department of Genetics, University of Complutense, Madrid, Spain

    M. J. Puertas

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Camacho, J.P.M., Cabrero, J., Lépez-León, M.D., Shaw, M.W. (1997). Evolution of a near-neutral B chromosome. In: Henriques-Gil, N., Parker, J.S., Puertas, M.J. (eds) Chromosomes Today. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1537-4_18

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