Evolutionary dynamics of pseudoautosomal region 1 in humans and great apes

Abstract Background The pseudoautosomal region 1 (PAR1) is a 2.7 Mb telomeric region of human sex chromosomes. PAR1 has a crucial role in ensuring proper segregation of sex chromosomes during male meiosis, exposing it to extreme recombination and mutation processes. We investigate PAR1 evolution usi...

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Main Authors: Juraj Bergman, Mikkel Heide Schierup
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-10-01
Series:Genome Biology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-022-02784-x