Did Homo sapiens speciate on the Y chromosome?
It is hypothesised that the critical change (a saltation") in the transition from a precursor hominid to modern Homo sapiens occurred in a gene for cerebral lateralisation located on the Y chromosome in a block of sequences that had earlier transposed from the X. Sexual selection acting upon an...
Main Author: | Crow, T |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2000
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