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Human Y Chromosome Preserves Itself Better Than The Chimp Y

5th Sep 2005, 11:56 GMT

By using human and chimpanzee Y chromosomes as a genetic fossil record to examine our past, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) scientists have seen a surprising difference in the way the male-making chromosomes from the two species cope with the inexorable pressures of evolution.

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