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Figure 5

From: Genome sequence of an Australian kangaroo, Macropus eugenii, provides insight into the evolution of mammalian reproduction and development

Figure 5

Comparative map of X and Y chromosomes. Comparison of X/Y shared gene locations on the tammar wallaby, grey short-tailed opossum and human X chromosomes. Blue represents the X conserved region, which is common to all therian X chromosomes. Green represents the X added region, which is on the X in eutherian mammals, but autosomal in marsupial mammals. Ten genes have been identified on the short arm of the tammar Y chromosome, all with a partner on the X, and an orthologue on the Tasmanian devil Y. In contrast, only four genes on the human Y have a partner on the conserved region of the X.

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Genome Biology

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