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Deficit of Mitonuclear Genes on the Human X Chromosome Predates Sex Chromosome Formation

Two taxa studied to date, the therian mammals and Caenorhabditis elegans, display underrepresentations of mitonuclear genes (mt-N genes, nuclear genes whose products are imported to and act within the mitochondria) on their X chromosomes. This pattern has been interpreted as the result of sexual con...

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Autores principales: Dean, Rebecca, Zimmer, Fabian, Mank, Judith E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4350183/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25637223
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evv017