Meiosis reveals the early steps in the evolution of a neo-XY sex chromosome pair in the African pygmy mouse Mus minutoides

• Ana Gil-Fernández ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ana Gil-Fernández, Paul A. Saunders

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9707-1635

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• Paul A. Saunders ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ana Gil-Fernández, Paul A. Saunders

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, ISEM UMR 5554 (CNRS/Université Montpellier/IRD/EPHE), Montpellier, France, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6282-0472

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• Marta Martín-Ruiz,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0711-8979

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• Marta Ribagorda,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9394-5625

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• Pablo López-Jiménez,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6673-5996

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• Daniel L. Jeffries,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

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• María Teresa Parra,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1158-6903

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• Alberto Viera,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3602-4130

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• Julio S. Rufas,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7516-809X

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• Nicolas Perrin,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7756-6323

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• Frederic Veyrunes,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, ISEM UMR 5554 (CNRS/Université Montpellier/IRD/EPHE), Montpellier, France

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• Jesús Page

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jesus.page@uam.es

  Affiliation Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8381-324X

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