Same sex chromosomes with independent origins in haplochromine cichlids

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2026
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Abstract
Elucidating theories of sex chromosome evolution requires approaches that allow fine scale delimitations of sex-determining regions within a phylogenetic context. This can address whether shared sex chromosomes across related species are due to shared ancestry, or whether genetic sex-determining regions have repeatedly evolved. Haplochromine cichlids, as one of the most successful fish lineages on Earth, have been a focal study system of sex chromosome research, both because of their rapid rate of sex chromosome turnover, but also the repeated emergence of certain sex chromosomes across the lineage. Here, we newly describe sex chromosomes in members of the earliest branch of the modern haplochromines, the Tropheini, based on whole genome sequencing data, using a combination of SNP- and kmers-based methods. We show that despite the repeated co-options of ancestral chromosomes LG5 and LG7 in these species, the origins of these sex chromosomes are independent. Investigation of gene functions, allele differences and sex-biased gene expression within the discovered sex-linked regions, provide no evidence that sexual antagonism has driven the repeated evolution of a region on LG5 that overlaps between four of these species. By comparing the sex-determining regions on LG5 and LG7 across haplochromines, we show that a common origin is unlikely, and that while sex chromosomes themselves may be shared between several Haplochromini, the sex-determining genes or mechanism likely differ. This study paves the way to explore newly emerging theories of sex chromosome evolution, such as the role of chromosomal fusion, or recombination patterns across the genome.
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Authors Sophie H. Smith, Zuzana Musilová, Astrid Böhne
Journal genome biology and evolution
Year 2026
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10.1093/gbe/evag223
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https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evag223
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