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Evolutionary genetics

the proposal that harmful mutations accumulating on a sex chromosome favor a switch to a new sex-determining chromosome.

In evolutionary genetics, hot-potato model refers to the proposal that harmful mutations accumulating on a sex chromosome favor a switch to a new sex-determining chromosome. This meaning comes from Blaser (2014) in The American Naturalist.[1]

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References

Blaser, O., Neuenschwander, S., & Perrin, N. (2014). Sex-Chromosome Turnovers: The Hot-Potato Model. The American Naturalist, 183(1), 140-146. https://doi.org/10.1086/674026

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