Positive and negative selection on mammalian Y chromosomes.
Y chromosomes are genetically degenerate in most organisms studied. The loss of genes from Y chromosomes is thought to be due to the inefficiency of purifying selection in nonrecombining regions, which leads to the accumulation of deleterious mutations via the processes of hitchhiking, background se...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2005
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