Population structure of the human pseudoautosomal boundary.
The mammalian sex chromosomes are composed of two genetically distinct segments: the pseudoautosomal region, where recombination occurs between the X and Y chromosomes, and the sex chromosome-specific parts. Between these two segments the human sex chromosomes differ by the insertion of an Alu element on the Y chromosome. We have surveyed the sequence variation in the boundary region using the polymerase chain reaction. Fifty seven Y and sixty X chromosomes from ten different human populations were analysed. The X chromosomes were found to be polymorphic at five positions in a 300-base-pair region. By contrast, all Y chromosomes were identical except for one distal polymorphism shared with the X chromosome.
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Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, UK.
Taylor
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Bengtsson
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Kidd
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Rogers
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Goodfellow
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D001483:Base Sequence; D005075:Biological Evolution; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D014960:X Chromosome; D014998:Y Chromosome
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