Does the human X contain a third evolutionary block? Origin of genes on human Xp11 and Xq28

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Figure 2.

Localization of BAC clones to male marsupial and female monotreme chromosomes. (A) The human X chromosome with the distance from the terminus of the short arm of the stratum 1 and 2 genes given in megabases (Mb). (B) Localization of GPR173 (green), DRP2 (red), and WDR44 (red) to tammar wallaby Xq. (C) Localization of HUWE1 to opossum Xq. (D) Localization of GPR173 (green), HUWE1 (green), and GLA/DRP2 (red) to platypus chromosome 6q. Scale bar, 10 μm.

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  1. Genome Res. 19: 1350-1360

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