Frequency of Cancer Genes on the Chicken Z Chromosome and Its Human Homologues: Implications for Sex Chromosome Evolution

It has been suggested that there are special evolutionary forces that act on sex chromosomes. Hemizygosity of the X chromosome in male mammals has led to selection for male-advantage genes, and against genes posing extreme risks of tumor development. A similar bias against cancer genes should also a...

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Autores principales: Stiglec, Rami, Kohn, Matthias, Fong, James, Ezaz, Tariq, Hameister, Horst, Marshall Graves, Jennifer A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1876622/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17538687
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/43070

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1876622/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17538687
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/43070

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