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Men are slowly losing their Y chromosome, but a new sex gene discovery in spiny rats brings hope for humanity
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Genes | Free Full-Text | The Y Chromosome: A Complex Locus for Genetic Analyses of Complex Human Traits
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Genes | Free Full-Text | The Y Chromosome: A Complex Locus for Genetic Analyses of Complex Human Traits
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Gene map of the human Y chromosome. The Y chromosome is divided into... | Download Scientific Diagram
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Are the sex chromosomes (for humans X and Y ) expressed in all somatic cells? Or just those cells of organs that are related somehow to sexual phenotype (primary and secondary sexual
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