The human Y chromosome (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Cruz

The human Y chromosome

Caption

Until recently, about half of the human Y chromosome was missing from the reference genome. Now, scientists have sequenced this chromosome from end to end.

Credit

National Human Genome Research Institution

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