The human Y chromosome: an evolutionary marker comes of age

2003/08/01 by Mark A. Jobling, Chris Tyler‐Smith, Chris Tyler-Smith · 712 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Biology #Chromosomal and Genetic Variations #Chromosome #Evolutionary biology #Gene #Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities #Genetics #Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics #Y chromosome

paper · doi:10.1038/nrg1124

published in Nature Reviews Genetics 4(8), 598-612 (Springer Science and Business Media LLC)

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