Y genetic variation and phenotypic diversity in health and disease

Biology of Sex Differences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Case, Laure K ^a   Teuscher, Cory ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cardiovascular; Copy number variation; Gene regulation; Immune system; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927131459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20426410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13293-015-0024-z     Document Type: Review

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