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Large deletion on the Y-chromosome long arm (Yq) of C57BL/6JBomTac inbred mice.
Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society - 1 Feb 2017
Fischer Melina, Kosyakova Nadezda, Liehr Thomas, Dobrowolski Peter
Abstract excerpt
The Y-chromosome of mice has a crucial role in sex determination, gender ratio equilibrium as well as male fertility, and is moreover involved in behavioral, immunological, and cardiovascular traits. During routine short tandem repeat genotyping of C57BL/6 substrains, a unique deletion on the Y-chromosome long arm of males from the commercially available inbred substrain C57BL/6JBomTac was identified. In this...
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