B T Lahn

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Publications

  1. ncbi A human sex-chromosomal gene family expressed in male germ cells and encoding variably charged proteins
    B T Lahn
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Whitehead Institute and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
    Hum Mol Genet 9:311-9. 2000
  2. ncbi Retroposition of autosomal mRNA yielded testis-specific gene family on human Y chromosome
    B T Lahn
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Whitehead Institute and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02142, USA
    Nat Genet 21:429-33. 1999
  3. ncbi Four evolutionary strata on the human X chromosome
    B T Lahn
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Whitehead Institute, and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
    Science 286:964-7. 1999
  4. ncbi The human Y chromosome, in the light of evolution
    B T Lahn
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, 920 East 58th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Nat Rev Genet 2:207-16. 2001
  5. ncbi Functional coherence of the human Y chromosome
    B T Lahn
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Whitehead Institute, and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
    Science 278:675-80. 1997

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Publications5

  1. ncbi A human sex-chromosomal gene family expressed in male germ cells and encoding variably charged proteins
    B T Lahn
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Whitehead Institute and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
    Hum Mol Genet 9:311-9. 2000
    ..The revelation that CRI-S232 contains VCX offers a more precise description of the genetic etiology of X-linked ichthyosis: it results from aberrant recombination between VCX gene arrays that flank the STS locus...
  2. ncbi Retroposition of autosomal mRNA yielded testis-specific gene family on human Y chromosome
    B T Lahn
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Whitehead Institute and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02142, USA
    Nat Genet 21:429-33. 1999
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  3. ncbi Four evolutionary strata on the human X chromosome
    B T Lahn
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Whitehead Institute, and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
    Science 286:964-7. 1999
    ..The first event, which marked the beginnings of X-Y differentiation, occurred about 240 to 320 million years ago, shortly after divergence of the mammalian and avian lineages...
  4. ncbi The human Y chromosome, in the light of evolution
    B T Lahn
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, 920 East 58th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Nat Rev Genet 2:207-16. 2001
    ..Far from being random and diverse, known human Y-chromosome genes show just a few distinct expression profiles. Their relative functional conformity reflects evolutionary factors inherent to sex-specific chromosomes...
  5. ncbi Functional coherence of the human Y chromosome
    B T Lahn
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Whitehead Institute, and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
    Science 278:675-80. 1997
    ..The coherence of the NRY's gene content contrasts with the apparently haphazard content of most eukaryotic chromosomes...