The degenerate Y chromosome--can conversion save it?

@article{Graves2004TheDY,
  title={The degenerate Y chromosome--can conversion save it?},
  author={Jennifer A. Marshall Graves},
  journal={Reproduction, fertility, and development},
  year={2004},
  volume={16 5},
  pages={
          527-34
        }
}
  • J. Graves
  • Published 22 July 2004
  • Biology
  • Reproduction, fertility, and development
The human Y chromosome is running out of time. In the last 300 million years, it has lost 1393 of its original 1438 genes, and at this rate it will lose the last 45 in a mere 10 million years. But there has been a proposal that perhaps rescue is at hand in the form of recently discovered gene conversion within palindromes. However, I argue here that although conversion will increase the frequency of variation of the Y (particularly amplification) between Y chromosomes in a population, it will… 
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