Evolution of genomic structures on mammalian sex chromosomes

Current Genomics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 115-123

  Katsura, Yukako ^a   Iwase, Mineyo ^a   Satta, Yoko ^a  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ectopic gene conversion; Evolutionary strata; Inverted repeats; Palindrames; Recombination suppression

Indexed keywords

PALINDROMIC DNA;

CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; EVOLUTION; GENE CONVERSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; PAN;

EID: 84860295686     PISSN: 13892029     EISSN: 18755488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920212799860625     Document Type: Review

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