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About PAR: the distinct evolutionary dynamics of the pseudoautosomal region.
Trends in genetics : TIG - 1 Sept 2011
Otto Sarah P, Pannell John R, Peichel Catherine L, Ashman Tia-Lynn, Charlesworth Deborah, Chippindale Adam K, Delph Lynda F, Guerrero Rafael F, Scarpino Samuel V, McAllister Bryant F
Abstract excerpt
Sex chromosomes differ from other chromosomes in the striking divergence they often show in size, structure, and gene content. Not only do they possess genes controlling sex determination that are restricted to either the X or Y (or Z or W) chromosomes, but in many taxa they also include recombining regions. In these 'pseudoautosomal regions' (PARs), sequence homology is maintained by meiotic pairing and exchange...
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