Y chromosomes: Born to be destroyed

BioEssays

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1076-1083

  Steinemann, Sigrid ^a   Steinemann, Manfred ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOACCUMULATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEGENERATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; EPIGENETICS; EUCHROMATIN; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE DOSAGE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; HETEROCHROMATIN; INHERITANCE; LIFESPAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; RETROPOSON; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; TRANSPOSON; Y CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMANS; MALE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RETROELEMENTS; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 27744555914     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20288     Document Type: Review

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