Highly Differentiated ZW Sex Microchromosomes in the Australian Varanus Species Evolved through Rapid Amplification of Repetitive Sequences

• Kazumi Matsubara ,

  * E-mail: kazumi.matsubara@canberra.edu.au (KM); Tariq.Ezaz@canberra.edu.au (TE)

  Affiliation Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia

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• Stephen D. Sarre,

  Affiliation Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia

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• Arthur Georges,

  Affiliation Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia

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• Yoichi Matsuda,

  Affiliation Department of Applied Molecular Biosciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

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• Jennifer A. Marshall Graves,

  Affiliation Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia

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• Tariq Ezaz

  * E-mail: kazumi.matsubara@canberra.edu.au (KM); Tariq.Ezaz@canberra.edu.au (TE)

  Affiliation Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia

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