Towards a complete sequence of the human Y chromosome.
A few dozen genes are known on the human Y chromosome. The completion of the human genome sequence will allow identification of the remaining loci, which should shed further light on the function and evolution of this peculiar chromosome.
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Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, UK. Doris.Bachtrog@ed.ac.uk
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D000818:Animals; D021901:DNA, Intergenic; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005796:Genes; D015894:Genome, Human; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008957:Models, Genetic; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D014998:Y Chromosome
D021901:DNA, Intergenic