Genomic degradation of a young Y chromosome in Drosophila miranda

Table 1 Genomic regions investigated on the neo-sex chromosomes of D. miranda

Probe	Linkage	BAC clone	Position D. pseudoobscura	No. of large contigs (>500 bp)	Large contig total length
Cyp6t3*	neo-X	CH229-18P24	2,919,127-3,118,766	61	191,732
	neo-Y	CH229-17G1	2,930,284-2,999,451	48	152,913
CG11228^†	neo-X	CH229-9J14	6,378,633-6,574,929	12	212,381
	neo-Y	CH229-47N8	6,224,922-6,574,929^‡	40	101,234
CG3167^†	neo-X	CH229-1G8	7,534,774-7,718,283	10	196,418
	neo-Y	CH229-11G24	7,575,595-7,622,144	42	150,425
CG2269^†	neo-X	CH229-38G20	9,562,050-9,772,080	10	215,404
	neo-Y	CH229-20L11	9,560,730-9,624,726	46	136,298
RnrS*	neo-X	CH229-21P17	12,046,872-12,252,350	10	219,495
	neo-Y	CH229-3L20	12,166,695-12,235,653	53	166,051
dpld^†	neo-X	CH229-22C23	12,276,220-12,482,724	11	217,193
	neo-Y	CH229-19H21	12,345,041-12,405,202	38	114,562
CG3700*	neo-X	CH229-IJ13	17,420,039-17,614,947	21	209,018
	neo-Y	CH229-8B21	17,417,664-17,531,578	33	224,454

*Sanger technology. ^†454 sequencing. ^‡Recombinant BAC clone or large deletion on neo-Y.

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