Article
Genetic evidence that a Y-linked gene in man is homologous to a gene on the X chromosome.
Nature - 1 Jan 2000
Goodfellow P, Banting G, Sheer D, Ropers H H, Caine A, Ferguson-Smith M A, Povey S, Voss R
Abstract excerpt
The mammalian sex chromosomes are thought to be related to each other by sharing a common origin. That is, the X and Y chromosomes originally evolved from a pair of chromosomes that only differed at the locus determining sexual differentiation. For example, this evolutionary relationship is reflected during meiosis in chromosomal pairing between the tip of the human X chromosome short arm and the Y chromosome...
Topics
- Alleles
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Antigens, Surface
- Biological Evolution
- Epitopes
- Female
- Genetic Linkage
- Humans
- Male
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Sex Chromosomes
