Evolution of the DAZ gene family suggests that Y-linked DAZ plays little, or a limited, role in spermatogenesis but underlines a recent African origin for human populations

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1371-1377

  Agulnik, Alexander I ^a,d   Zharkikh, Andrey ^c,d   Boettger Tong, Holly ^a,d   Bourgeron, Thomas ^b,e   McElreavey, Ken ^b,e   Bishop, Colin E ^a,e  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c Myriad Genetic Laboratories   (United States)

^d Group I

^e Group II

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA TRANSPOSITION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DRIFT; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; MALE; MONKEY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRIMATES; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPERMATOGENESIS; VARIATION (GENETICS); Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 0031682224     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/7.9.1371     Document Type: Article

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