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Sex and the X

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Are genomes made up of strings of genes in no particular order? It seems not, given the abundance on the mouse sex chromosomes of genes involved in the manufacture of sperm.

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Figure 1: Location in the mouse genome of 36 genes active during sperm production.

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Hurst, L. Sex and the X. Nature 411, 149–150 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35075697

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