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Postby Adz795 » Sun Oct 02, 2011 1:11 pm

This is a basic question I hesitate to ask but, do the sex chromosomes (X & Y in humans) undergo recombination during meiosis in males?
I can't think of a Y undergoing a cross-over with an X..
Does it take place..?
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Postby JackBean » Sun Oct 02, 2011 1:47 pm

actually yes. There are regions called something like pseudo-homologous regions, which should (or can) undergo the recombination.
http://www.biolib.cz/en/main/

Cis or trans? That's what matters.
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Postby Adz795 » Sun Oct 02, 2011 2:31 pm

Oh. These pseudo-homologous regions must not contain sex-specific genes. Am I right?
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Postby rmasansa » Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:04 am

yes. it is possible.
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