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Originally posted by peter borger:
Dear Nos,
Better start reading some SCIENTIFIC work on this topic. The Y chromosome is NOT a broken X chromosome. The Y chromosome specifies unique male-specific genes.
BW
Peter
You to....that is not all there is to the Y
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The pseudoautosomal regions of the human sex chromosomes.
Hum Genet. 1993 Oct;92(4):315-24. Review.