The human Y chromosome, in the light of evolution

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 207-216

  Lahn, Bruce T ^a   Pearson, Nathaniel M ^a   Jegalian, Karin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA;

AMELOGENIN; ENAMEL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPERMATOGENESIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

AMELOGENIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DENTAL ENAMEL PROTEINS; EVOLUTION; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPERMATOGENESIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0035293885     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35056058     Document Type: Review

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