Chromosomal gene movements reflect the recent origin and biology of therian sex chromosomes

PLoS Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 709-716

  Potrzebowski, Lukasz ^a   Vinckenbosch, Nicolas ^a   Marques, Ana Claudia ^a   Chalmel, Frédéric ^b   Jégou, Bernard ^b   Kaessmann, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CELL POPULATION; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME IMPRINTING; GERM CELL; HUMAN; MARSUPIAL; MEIOSIS; MONOTREMATE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTAL MAMMALS; SEX CHROMOSOME; X CHROMATIN; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE; Y CHROMATIN; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONOTREMATA; THERIA;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SILENCING; GENOME; HUMANS; MEIOSIS; SEX CHROMOSOMES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 43249118306     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060080     Document Type: Article

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