Mutation and variability of the human Y chromosome
The human Y chromosome is inherited from father to son, determining maleness. As a result of its being haploid the vast majority of the Y chromosome does not undergo recombination at meiosis. Consequently polymorphisms on this non-recombining portion represent a simple record of male evolutionary hi...
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University of Leicester
1999
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.696631 |