Convergent evolution of chicken Z and human X chromosomes by expansion and gene acquisition

Nature

Volumn 466, Issue 7306, 2010, Pages 612-616

  Bellott, Daniel W ^a   Skaletsky, Helen ^a   Pyntikova, Tatyana ^a   Mardis, Elaine R ^b   Graves, Tina ^b   Kremitzki, Colin ^b   Brown, Laura G ^a   Rozen, Steve ^a   Warren, Wesley C ^b   Wilson, Richard K ^b   Page, David C ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOMICS; HOMINID; POULTRY; SEX DETERMINATION;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENES; GENOME; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX CHROMOSOMES; TESTIS;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77955177010     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09172     Document Type: Article

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