| Literature DB >> 10689184 |
W Bao1, S Zhu, A Pandya, T Zerjal, J Xu, Q Shu, R Du, H Yang, C Tyler-Smith.
Abstract
We present the second human Y-specific minisatellite, MSY2 (DYS440). It consists of three or four copies of a 99-110bp repeat unit and is located about 1kb upstream of the DBY gene. The most common allele contains four units, but a three-unit allele has arisen on at least four occasions; in chimpanzees and orangutans, MSY2 contains only two units. It is therefore evolving slowly and provides a particularly useful polymorphic marker for Chinese populations.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 10689184 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(00)00021-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Gene ISSN: 0378-1119 Impact factor: 3.688