Sequencing of rhesus macaque Y chromosome clarifies origins and evolution of the DAZ (Deleted in AZoospermia) genes

BioEssays

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1035-1044

  Hughes, Jennifer F ^a   Skaletsky, Helen ^a   Page, David C ^a  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ampliconic; Chimpanzee; DAZ; Rhesus macaque; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CELL LINEAGE; CHIMPANZEE; CHROMOSOME 3; DELETED IN AZOOSPERMIA GENE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOSS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RHESUS MONKEY; RNA BINDING; SPERMATOGENESIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; Y CHROMOSOME;

CERCOPITHECIDAE; MACACA MULATTA; PAN; PRIMATES;

EID: 84869137755     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201200066     Document Type: Article

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