The organization and evolution of the human Y chromosome

Genome Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  Charlesworth, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOSOME; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; EUCHROMATIN; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

ANIMALS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0141954847     PISSN: 14656906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2003-4-9-226     Document Type: Short Survey

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