Inter- and intraspecies phylogenetic analyses reveal extensive X-Y gene conversion in the evolution of gametologous sequences of human sex chromosomes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2108-2123

  Trombetta, Beniamino ^a   Sellitto, Daniele ^b   Scozzari, Rosaria ^a   Cruciani, Fulvio ^a,b,c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

human Y chromosome; recombination hotspots; sex chromosome evolution; X Y gene conversion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSING OVER; GENE CONVERSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES COMPARISON; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE CONVERSION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 84904985815     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msu155     Document Type: Article

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