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Structural shifts in primate Y

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An analysis of Y chromosomes from 29 primate species shows lineage-specific evolutionary strata as well as changes in the 3D structure, rearrangements and positive selection that have shaped the primate Y chromosome over the past 80 million years.

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Fig. 1: Evolution of pseudoautosomal and male-specific regions of primate Y chromosomes.

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Cortez, D. Structural shifts in primate Y. Nat Ecol Evol 7, 971–972 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-01984-3

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