Evolution of sex chromosomes (IMAGE)

Tokyo Metropolitan University

Evolution of sex chromosomes

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Patterns for pseudogenization in X and Y chromosomes as they evolve. Y degenerates much more seriously than X.

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Tokyo Metropolitan University

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