The human Y chromosome: the biological role of a “functional wasteland”
“Functional wasteland,” “Nonrecombining desert,” and “Gene-poor chromosome” are only some examples of the different definitions given to the Y chromosome in the last decade. In comparison to the other chromosomes, the Y is poor in genes, being more than 50% of its sequence composed of repeated eleme...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2001
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC79676/ |