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pseudoautosomal

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  • adjective genetics Describing genes in the X- and Y- chromosomes that behave like autosomes during meiosis

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Examples

  • The region is known as pseudoautosomal region 1 or PAR1.

    THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009

  • PAR1 and PAR2 are pseudoautosomal regions at both termini of the sex chromosomes and XTR is the X-transposed region.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ashwin Kelkar et al. 2009

  • Morgan TV, Athanasiou M, Dain B, Reed CR, et al. (2007) Converging evidence for a pseudoautosomal cytokine receptor gene locus in schizophrenia.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2008

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