title: Widespread rescue of Y-linked genes by gene movement to autosomes.
abstract: A new study provides evidence that gene transposition from sex chromosomes to autosomes is a conserved phenomenon across mammalian species that rescues dosage-sensitive genes.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Systems Genomics, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, 06269, USA. john.malone@uconn.edu.
authors.forename: John H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Malone
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017353:Gene Deletion; D006801:Humans; D008322:Mammals / Q000235:genetics*; D012729:Sex Chromosome Aberrations; D014178:Translocation, Genetic; D014998:Y Chromosome / Q000235:genetics*