Birth, expansion, and death of VCY-containing palindromes on the human Y chromosome

Large palindromes (inverted repeats) make up substantial proportions of mammalian sex chromosomes, often contain genes, and have high rates of structural variation arising via ectopic recombination. As a resul...

Source: Genome Biology - October 14, 2019 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Wentao Shi, Andrea Massaia, Sandra Louzada, Juliet Handsaker, William Chow, Shane McCarthy, Joanna Collins, Pille Hallast, Kerstin Howe, Deanna M. Church, Fengtang Yang, Yali Xue and Chris Tyler-Smith Tags: Research Source Type: research