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Germline-restricted chromosome of songbirds has different centromere compared to regular chromosomes

Jakub Rídl
Dmitrij Dedukh
Radka Reifová
ResearchOpen Access30 Jul 2025
Heredity

P: 1-8
Postcopulatory sexual selection reduces Z-linked genetic variation and might contribute to the large Z effect in passerine birds

Václav Janoušek
Jitka Fischerová
Radka Reifová
Research29 Oct 2018
Heredity

Volume: 122, P: 622-635
Rapid gene content turnover on the germline-restricted chromosome in songbirds

Songbirds have an extra chromosome with unknown function found only in their germline. This study assembles and compares this chromosome in two closely related nightingale species, finding large differences in genetic content and only one conserved gene with probable essential function.

Stephen A. Schlebusch
Jakub Rídl
Radka Reifová
ResearchOpen Access29 Jul 2023
Nature Communications

Volume: 14, P: 1-13
Sperm morphology and performance in relation to postmating prezygotic isolation in two recently diverged passerine species

Manon Poignet
Lucie Baránková
Radka Reifová
ResearchOpen Access24 Dec 2022
Scientific Reports

Volume: 12, P: 1-15