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Sex Chromosomes

Known as: Gonosome, Chromosome, Sex, Chromosomes, Sex 
The homologous chromosomes that are dissimilar in the heterogametic sex. There are the X CHROMOSOME, the Y CHROMOSOME, and the W, Z chromosomes (in… 
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Turnover of Sex Chromosomes in the Stickleback Fishes (Gasterosteidae)
Diverse sex-chromosome systems are found in vertebrates, particularly in teleost fishes, where different systems can be found in… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
A role for sex chromosome complement in the female bias in autoimmune disease
Most autoimmune diseases are more common in women than in men. This may be caused by differences in sex hormones, sex chromosomes… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Temperature Sex Reversal Implies Sex Gene Dosage in a Reptile
Sex in reptiles is determined by genes on sex chromosomes or by incubation temperature. Previously these two modes were thought… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Chromosome-wide nucleosome replacement and H3.3 incorporation during mammalian meiotic sex chromosome inactivation
In mammalian males, the first meiotic prophase is characterized by formation of a separate chromatin domain called the sex body… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Evidence for different origin of sex chromosomes in snakes, birds, and mammals and step-wise differentiation of snake sex chromosomes
All snake species exhibit genetic sex determination with the ZZ/ZW type of sex chromosomes. To investigate the origin and… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
The mouse X chromosome is enriched for sex-biased genes not subject to selection by meiotic sex chromosome inactivation
Sex chromosomes are subject to sex-specific selective evolutionary forces. One model predicts that genes with sex-biased… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Evolution of the avian sex chromosomes from an ancestral pair of autosomes.
Among the mechanisms whereby sex is determined in animals, chromosomal sex determination is found in a wide variety of distant… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Homologous ribosomal protein genes on the human X and Y chromosomes: Escape from X inactivation and possible implications for turner syndrome
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Hypervariable telomeric sequences from the human sex chromosomes are pseudoautosomal
Pairing of human X and Y chromosomes during meiosis initiates within the so–called pairing region at the telomeres or the… 
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
Synthetic activities during spermatogenesis in the mouse RNA and protein.
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