Processed pseudogenes are more abundant in human and mouse X chromosomes than in autosomes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1652-1655

  Drouin, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Human genome; Mouse genome; Oogenesis; Processed pseudogenes; X chromosomes; Y chromosomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; GENOME ANALYSIS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PSEUDOGENE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; HUMANS; MICE; OOGENESIS; PSEUDOGENES; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 33748174984     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msl048     Document Type: Article

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