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Multiple mono- and polymorphic Y-linked copies of the SRY HMG-box in microtidae.
Cytogenetics and cell genetics - 1 Jan 1999
Bullejos M, Sánchez A, Burgos M, Jiménez R, Díaz De La Guardia R
Abstract excerpt
Sex determination in mammals is controlled by SRY (sex-determining region of the Y chromosome), a single-copy gene located on the Y-specific region. Several exceptions to this rule have been described: some rodent species present Y-specific multiple copies (either mono- or polymorphic) of this gene, and two Ellobius species and one Tokudaia species determine sex without a Y chromosome or the SRY gene. Recently,...
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