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Y chromosome
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sex chromosome in the XY sex-determination system
The Y chromosome is a sex chromosome that, along with the X chromosome, determines whether a person is male or female in the XY sex-determination system. It matters because it carries genetic instructions that direct the development of male characteristics during fetal development.
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Research
18,453 papers- Y chromosome functions in mammalian spermatogenesis.RevieweLife · 2021Subrini J, Turner JDOI: 10.7554/eLife.67345
- Clinical implications of Y chromosome microdeletions among infertile men.ReviewBest practice & research. Clinical endocrinology & metabolism · 2020Punjani N, Kang C, Schlegel PNDOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2020.101471
- From AI to the Y chromosome (and everything in between).Nature biotechnology · 2023DOI: 10.1038/s41587-023-02076-0
- Sequencing the Y Chromosome.American journal of medical genetics. Part A · 2023DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62841
- Y chromosome and male infertility.ReviewReviews of reproduction · 1999Cooke HJDOI: 10.1530/ror.0.0040005
- Y-Chromosome Haplotype Report among Eight Italian Horse Breeds.Genes · 2023Giontella A, Cardinali I, Sarti FM et al.DOI: 10.3390/genes14081602
- Review of the Y chromosome and hypertension.ReviewBrazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas · 2000Ely D, Turner M, Milsted ADOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2000000600009
- Why and how do Y chromosome stop recombining?Journal of evolutionary biology · 2023Charlesworth DDOI: 10.1111/jeb.14137
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- sex chromosome
- Part of
- genome
- Has part
- base pair
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- Y chromosomes
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- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0000806
- different from
- human Y chromosome
- has effect
- Sex
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Encyclopedic overview
The Y chromosome is one of two sex chromosomes in therian mammals and other organisms. Along with the X chromosome, it is part of the XY sex-determination system, in which the Y is used for sex-determining as the presence of the Y chromosome typically causes offspring produced in sexual reproduction to develop phenotypically male. In mammals, the Y chromosome contains the SRY gene, which usually triggers the differentiation of male gonads. The Y chromosome is typically only passed from male parents to male offspring.
Overview
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Y chromosome” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.