testis-specific Y-encoded protein 8 (TSPY8)

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Function

Structure

Compartment

Polymorphism

  • maps to a tandemly repeated region on chromosome Yp11
  • at least one copy is reported originating from Yq
  • inter-individual variation in gene copy number, 20-60 copies per Y chromosome are expected
  • 35 tandemly repeated gene copies on Yp11 originating from one individual[2]

More general terms

References

  1. UniProt http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P0CV98.html
  2. 2.0 2.1 Skaletsky H et al The male-specific region of the human Y chromosome is a mosaic of discrete sequence classes. Nature. 2003 Jun 19;423(6942):825-37. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12815422

Database