Recombination in the human Pseudoautosomal region PAR1.

The pseudoautosomal region (PAR) is a short region of homology between the mammalian X and Y chromosomes, which has undergone rapid evolution. A crossover in the PAR is essential for the proper disjunction of X and Y chromosomes in male meiosis, and PAR deletion results in male sterility. This leads...

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Main Authors: Anjali G Hinch, Nicolas Altemose, Nudrat Noor, Peter Donnelly, Simon R Myers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-07-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1004503&type=printable
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