The origin and evolution of vertebrate sex chromosomes and dosage compensation

Heredity

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 50-58

  Livernois, A M ^a   Graves, J A M ^a   Waters, P D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

comparative genomics; marsupials; monotremes; X inactivation; Y degradation

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENOMICS; HOMOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; SEX CHROMOSOME; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC SPECIATION; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHROMOSOMES; VERTEBRATES;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATORINAE; AVES; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONOTREMATA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 83655201186     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2011.106     Document Type: Article

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