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And Then There was Y
How the afterthought to the Human Genome Project broke the chromosomal mold
Email: Nicole Johnston - njohnston@the-scientist.com The Scientist 2005, 19(18):24
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The Y chromosome gets no respect. Regarded as a genetic junkyard with little to offer but sex, genomes have commonly rolled off the presses without a nod to Y. Then there's the matter of decay. Without a recombination partner, genetic insults whittle away the already diminutive Y, suggesting the chromosome's, and by extension man's, eventual extinction.
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