Unusual sex chromosome inheritance in mammals

The male has proven to be the heterogametic sex in all mammals studied so far. As is well known, the males usually have the sex chromosomes XY and the females XX. In recent years, however, many exceptions from this general pattern have been discovered. With our present knowledge, the different sex c...

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Published in:Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 1970
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1970.0042
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1970.0042