Analysis of mutation rates in the SMCY/SMCX genes shows that mammalian evolution is male driven

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 134-138

  Agulnik, A I ^a   Bishop, C E ^a   Lerner, J L ^b   Agulnik, S I ^c   Solovyev, V V ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; JARID1C PROTEIN, MOUSE; JARID1D PROTEIN, HUMAN; JARID1D PROTEIN, MOUSE; PROTEIN; SMCX PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETICS; HORSE; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HORSES; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS CABALLUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031063186     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003359900372     Document Type: Article

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