Sex chromosomes and male functions: Where do new genes go?

Cell Cycle

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 871-873

  Betrán, Esther ^a   Emerson, J J ^b   Kaessmann, Henrik ^c   Long, Manyuan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Duplication; Mammals; Retroposition; Sex biased gene; Sexual dimorphism; X chromosome

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; DROSOPHILA; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENOME; GERM LINE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

DROSOPHILA;

EID: 13144282699     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.3.7.960     Document Type: Review

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