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Frequent gene conversion events between the X and Y homologous chromosomal regions in primates
BACKGROUND: Mammalian sex-chromosomes originated from a pair of autosomes. A step-wise cessation of recombination is necessary for the proper maintenance of sex-determination and, consequently, generates a four strata structure on the X chromosome. Each stratum shows a specific per-site nucleotide s...
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BioMed Central
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3055243/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20650009 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-10-225 |