Patterns of Inter-Chromosomal Gene Conversion on the Male-Specific Region of the Human Y Chromosome
The male-specific region of the human Y chromosome (MSY) is characterized by the lack of meiotic recombination and it has long been considered an evolutionary independent region of the human genome. In recent years, however, the idea that human MSY did not have an independent evolutionary history be...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2017-05-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Genetics |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fgene.2017.00054/full |