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MSY2: a slowly evolving minisatellite on the human Y chromosome which provides a useful polymorphic marker in Chinese populations.
Gene - 22 Feb 2000
Bao W, Zhu S, Pandya A, Zerjal T, Xu J, Shu Q, Du R, Yang H, Tyler-Smith C
Abstract excerpt
We present the second human Y-specific minisatellite, MSY2 (DYS440). It consists of three or four copies of a 99-110bp repeat unit and is located about 1kb upstream of the DBY gene. The most common allele contains four units, but a three-unit allele has arisen on at least four occasions; in chimpanzees and orangutans, MSY2 contains only two units. It is therefore evolving slowly and provides a particularly useful...
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