Gene survival and death on the human y chromosome

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 781-787

  Wilson Sayres, Melissa A ^a,b   Makova, Kateryna D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dosage compensation; evolution; human sex chromosomes; X chromosome inactivation; Y degeneration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOSS; GENE MUTATION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOGENE; PURIFYING SELECTION; STOP CODON; SURVIVAL; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENES, X-LINKED; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 84875605490     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mss267     Document Type: Article

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