PCDH11 is X/Y homologous in Homo sapiens but not in Gorilla gorilla and Pan troglodytes

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-139

  Wilson, N D ^a   Ross, L J N ^b   Crow, T J ^b   Volpi, E V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE LOSS; GORILLA; HOMINID; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCADHERIN 11 GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; GORILLA GORILLA; HUMANS; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINIDAE; HOMO SAPIENS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 33745857364     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093329     Document Type: Article

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