How mammalian sex chromosomes acquired their peculiar gene content

BioEssays

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-169

  Vallender, Eric J ^a   Lahn, Bruce T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL DEGENERATION; ASSORTATIVE MATING; AUTOSOME; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; DNA CONTENT; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENE ASSIGNMENT; GENE CONTENT; GENETIC SELECTION; HEMIZYGOSITY; MAMMAL; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL ANTAGONISM; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX CHROMOSOMES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 1042279660     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.10393     Document Type: Review

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