Monthly Archives: August 2025

No support for a link between the balanced lethal system and ancient sex chromosomes

Over a decade ago, Christine Grossen and colleagues raised an interesting hypothesis that the two versions of chromosome 1 in Triturus newts, 1A and 1B – responsible for the balanced lethal system – used to be distinct versions of a … Continue reading

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NewtCap: a workflow to get genomic data for any newt

‘Target enrichment by sequence capture’ is a nice technique to get plenty of DNA data, for a specific, predetermined part of the genome. You just extract DNA from a sample, cut it up, label it, and then pull out your … Continue reading

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