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The pseudoautosomal regions, SHOX and disease.
Current opinion in genetics & development - 1 Jun 2006
Blaschke Rüdiger Jörg, Rappold Gudrun
Abstract excerpt
The pseudoautosomal regions represent blocks of sequence identity between the mammalian sex chromosomes. In humans, they reside at the ends of the X and Y chromosomes and encompass roughly 2.7 Mb (PAR1) and 0.33 Mb (PAR2). As a major asset of recently available sequence data, our view of their structural characteristics could be refined considerably. While PAR2 resembles the overall sequence composition of the X...
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