Peer review in Evolutionary stasis of the pseudoautosomal boundary in strepsirrhine primates

Peer review process
Decision letter

Peer review process

This article was accepted for publication as part of eLife's original publishing model.

History

Version of Record published December 4, 2020
Accepted Manuscript updated November 19, 2020
Accepted Manuscript published November 18, 2020
Accepted November 16, 2020
Received October 1, 2020

Decision letter

Virginie Courtier-Orgogozo

Reviewing Editor; Institut Jacques Monod - CNRS UMR7592 - Université Paris Diderot
Patricia J Wittkopp

Senior Editor; University of Michigan, United States

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[Editors' note: This article has been reviewed and recommended by Peer Community in Evolutionary Biology (https://doi.org/10.24072/pci.evolbiol.100108).]

Acceptance summary:

The Y chromosome tends to diverge rapidly in regions that do not recombine with the X chromosome. Sexually antagonistic selection, when sexes exhibit conflicting reproductive optima, has been hypothesized to increase recombination suppression between sex chromosomes. The authors found that the size of the non-recombining region has remained stable in lemurs and lorises, which display low sexual dimorphism, while it has expanded in the ancestors of apes and monkeys, which exhibit high sexual dimorphism. This elegant work provides empirical support for sexual antagonism shaping sex chromosome evolution.

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.63650.sa1