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pseudoautosomal region

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pseudoautosomal region
A small terminal region of homologous DNA sequences shared by mammalian sex chromosomes, which pair and recombine during ♂ meiosis. Cf Autosomal region, X chromosome inactivation.


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Advances in the field of genetics have estimated that about 2% of idiopathic short stature is related to haploinsufficiency of the short stature homeobox (SHOX) gene, which is found on the short arm of the X and Y chromosomes in the pseudoautosomal region.
 
 
 
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