Conservation of Y-linked genes during human evolution revealed by comparative sequencing in chimpanzee
@article{Hughes2005ConservationOY, title={Conservation of Y-linked genes during human evolution revealed by comparative sequencing in chimpanzee}, author={J. Hughes and H. Skaletsky and Tatyana Pyntikova and P. Minx and T. Graves and S. Rozen and R. Wilson and D. Page}, journal={Nature}, year={2005}, volume={437}, pages={100-103} }
The human Y chromosome, transmitted clonally through males, contains far fewer genes than the sexually recombining autosome from which it evolved. The enormity of this evolutionary decline has led to predictions that the Y chromosome will be completely bereft of functional genes within ten million years. Although recent evidence of gene conversion within massive Y-linked palindromes runs counter to this hypothesis, most unique Y-linked genes are not situated in palindromes and have no gene… CONTINUE READING
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