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Degeneration of a nonrecombining chromosome.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 14 Jan 1994
Rice W R
Abstract excerpt
Comparative studies suggest that sex chromosomes begin as ordinary autosomes that happen to carry a major sex determining locus. Over evolutionary time the Y chromosome is selected to stop recombining with the X chromosome, perhaps in response to accumulation of alleles beneficial to the heterogametic but harmful to the homogametic sex. Population genetic theory predicts that a nonrecombining Y chromosome should...
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