Sentences with phrase «onto human chromosomes»
Not exact matches
The corn genome actually has 12,000 more genes than humans do and manages to stuff them onto 10 chromosomes (as opposed to humans» 23).
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Even though Neandertals and modern humans interbred several times in the past 100,000 years, the DNA on the Y chromosome from a male Neandertal who lived at El Sidrón, Spain, 49,000 years ago has not been passed onto modern humans, researchers report today in The American Journal of Human Genetics.
They found that during evolution, a reshuffling of DNA known as translocation brought together separate chunks of sex - determining genes onto a single chromosome, essentially mimicking the human X or Y chromosome.
Even though Neandertals and modern humans interbred several times in the past 100,000 years, the DNA on the Y chromosome from a male Neandertal who lived at El Sidrón, Spain, 49,000 years ago has not been passed onto modern humans, researchers report.