NTR: Pseudoautosomal region #672
Description
What is this request referring to?
Pseudoautosomal region
What is the name you would like SO to give the term?
pseudoautosomal_region
What is the definition that you would like for this term?
Adapted from Wikipedia:
Homologous sequences of nucleotides, found within the sex chromosomes of species with an XY or ZW mechanism of sex determination. The pseudoautosomal regions get their name because any genes within them are inherited just like any autosomal genes.
Pseudoautosomal regions enable otherwise-heterologous sex chromosomes to pair and segregate during meiosis.
Synonyms
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Parent Term
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chromosome_part SO:0000830
Relevant Publications
Please list a number of relevant publications that support the name, definition, and ontological location of the term you are requesting. It is best if you can include a PubMed ID or the last name of the first author along with the publication year, journal-title and potentially the article title.
Graves, J. (1998). "The origin and evolution of the pseudoautosomal regions of human sex chromosomes" Human Molecular Genetics. 7 (13): 1991–1996. PMID:9817914.
Carey et al (2022) Representing sex chromosomes in genome assemblies. PMID:35720975