Evaluating the relationship between spermatogenic silencing of the X chromosome and evolution of the Y chromosome in chimpanzee and human

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Achame, Eskeatnaf Mulugeta ^a   Baarends, Willy M ^a   Gribnau, Joost ^a   Anton Grootegoed, J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MEIOSIS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SPERMATOGENESIS; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; MALE; MEIOSIS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PROPHASE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; PAN;

EID: 78650796672     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015598     Document Type: Article

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