Sequence analysis in Bos taurus reveals pervasiveness of X–Y arms races in mammalian lineages

Table 1.

Extent of coamplification of testis-specific gene families on X and Y Chromosomes in bull, mouse, and human

X or Y euchromatin occupied by X–Y coamplified sequence (%) X–Y coamplified gene families Total copy number of X–Y coamplified genes
X Y X Y X Y
Bull 2 82 HSFX HSFY 11 79
Mouse 8 96 Sstx, Slx, Srsx Ssty, Sly, Srsy 64 629
Human 0.06 1.65 HSFX HSFY 4 2
0.04 0.33 VCX VCY 4 2

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  1. Published in Advance November 18, 2020, doi: 10.1101/gr.269902.120 Genome Res. 30: 1716-1726

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