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Copy number variation in Y chromosome multicopy genes is linked to a paternal parent-of-origin effect on CNS autoimmune disease in female offspring.
Genome biology - 10 Feb 2015
Case Laure K, Wall Emma H, Osmanski Erin E, Dragon Julie A, Saligrama Naresha, Zachary James F, Lemos Bernardo, Blankenhorn Elizabeth P, Teuscher Cory
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BACKGROUND: The prevalence of some autoimmune diseases is greater in females compared with males, although disease severity is often greater in males. The reason for this sexual dimorphism is unknown, but it may reflect negative selection of Y chromosome-bearing sperm during spermatogenesis or male fetuses early in the course of conception/pregnancy. Previously, we showed that the sexual dimorphism in...
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