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A pronounced evolutionary shift of the pseudoautosomal region boundary in house mice.
Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society - 1 Aug 2012
White Michael A, Ikeda Akihiro, Payseur Bret A
Abstract excerpt
The pseudoautosomal region (PAR) is essential for the accurate pairing and segregation of the X and Y chromosomes during meiosis. Despite its functional significance, the PAR shows substantial evolutionary divergence in structure and sequence between mammalian species. An instructive example of PAR evolution is the house mouse Mus musculus domesticus (represented by the C57BL/6J strain), which has the smallest...
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