Abstract
Pseudoautosomal linkage refers to regions on the sex chromosomes that still undergo homologous recombination and so behave as pseudoautosomal regions (PARs). PARs vary across species, but likely evolve under similar evolutionary pressures.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Brenner's Encyclopedia of Genetics |
| Subtitle of host publication | Second Edition |
| Publisher | Elsevier Inc. |
| Pages | 514-516 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780080961569 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780123749840 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 27 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Dosage compensation
- Recombination
- Sex chromosomes
- W chromosome
- X chromosome
- Y chromosome
- Z chromosome
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
- Medicine(all)