Sex, rebellion and decadence: The scandalous evolutionary history of the human Y chromosome

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease

Volumn 1822, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1851-1863

  Navarro Costa, Paulo ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Evolution; Germline; Infertility; Sex chromosomes; Spermatogenesis; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN; BASIC CHARGE PROTEIN; CHROMODOMAIN PROTEIN; DEAD BOX POLYPEPTIDE 3; DELETED IN AZOOSPERMIA PROTEIN; EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR 1A; HEAT SHOCK TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; LYSINE SPECIFIC DEMETHYLASE 5D; NEUROLIGIN 4; PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN S 4; PROTOCADHERIN 11; PTPN13 LIKE PROTEIN; RNA BINDING MOTIF PROTEIN; SEX DETERMINING REGION Y; TESTIS SPECIFIC PROTEIN; TGFB INDUCED FACTOR HOMEOBOX 2 LIKE; THYMOSIN BETA4; TRANSDUCIN LIKE 1; UBIQUITIN SPECIFIC PEPTIDASE 9; UBIQUITOUSLY TRANSCRIBED TETRATRICOPEPTIDE REPEAT GENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARIABLE CHARGE PROTEIN; XK KELL BLOOD GROUP COMPLEX SUBUNIT RELATED; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ALLELE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE DELETION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERM LINE; HUMAN; INFERIOR TEMPORAL CORTEX; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION;

EID: 84868494322     PISSN: 09254439     EISSN: 1879260X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2012.04.010     Document Type: Review

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