Mosaic loss of human Y chromosome: what, how and why

X Guo, X Dai, T Zhou, H Wang, J Ni, J Xue, X Wang - Human genetics, 2020 - Springer
Y chromosome (ChrY), the male-specific sex chromosome, has been considered as a
genetic wasteland. Aging-related mosaic loss of ChrY (LOY) has been known for more than …

Y chromosome functions in mammalian spermatogenesis

J Subrini, J Turner - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
The mammalian Y chromosome is critical for male sex determination and spermatogenesis.
However, linking each Y gene to specific aspects of male reproduction has been …

The complete sequence and comparative analysis of ape sex chromosomes

KD Makova, BD Pickett, RS Harris, GA Hartley… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Apes possess two sex chromosomes—the male-specific Y chromosome and the X
chromosome, which is present in both males and females. The Y chromosome is crucial for …

Assembly of the threespine stickleback Y chromosome reveals convergent signatures of sex chromosome evolution

CL Peichel, SR McCann, JA Ross, AFS Naftaly… - Genome biology, 2020 - Springer
Background Heteromorphic sex chromosomes have evolved repeatedly across diverse
species. Suppression of recombination between X and Y chromosomes leads to …

A willow sex chromosome reveals convergent evolution of complex palindromic repeats

R Zhou, D Macaya-Sanz, CH Carlson, J Schmutz… - Genome biology, 2020 - Springer
Background Sex chromosomes have arisen independently in a wide variety of species, yet
they share common characteristics, including the presence of suppressed recombination …

Genomic features of parthenogenetic animals

KS Jaron, J Bast, RW Nowell… - Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Evolution without sex is predicted to impact genomes in numerous ways. Case studies of
individual parthenogenetic animals have reported peculiar genomic features that were …

High-resolution genoty** of 58 STRs in 635 Northern Han Chinese with MiSeq FGx® Forensic Genomics System

F Guo, Z Liu, G Long, B Zhang, X Dong, D Liu… - Forensic Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sequence polymorphisms were characterized at 27 autosomal STRs (A-STRs), 7 X
chromosomal STRs (X-STRs), and 24 Y chromosomal STRs (Y-STRs) in 635 Northern Han …

The male is significantly implicated as the cause of unexplained infertility

RJ Aitken - Seminars in Reproductive Medicine, 2020 - thieme-connect.com
Male infertility is recognized as a relatively common, complex condition, generated by a
broad array of environmental and genetic factors. Historical reliance on the conventional …

Palindromes in DNA—a risk for genome stability and implications in cancer

M Svetec Miklenić, IK Svetec - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
A palindrome in DNA consists of two closely spaced or adjacent inverted repeats. Certain
palindromes have important biological functions as parts of various cis-acting elements and …

Dynamic evolution of great ape Y chromosomes

M Cechova, R Vegesna… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
The mammalian male-specific Y chromosome plays a critical role in sex determination and
male fertility. However, because of its repetitive and haploid nature, it is frequently absent …