Institution/s: Universidad de Valladolid, Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara
Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
Identification number: 147
Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
Author/s: Ana MUÑOZ GASCÓN, Bianca CONSTANTINESCU, Isaac MORENO RUIZ, María Eugenia HERRERAS
Creation / modification date: 01-02-2014
Term: Y chromosome
Gramatical category: s
Definition: One of the two sex chromosomes in humans (the other is the X chromosome).
Context: The individuality of the male-specific part of the Y chromosome can be optimally explored by the Y-STR haplotype analysis using a set of highly variable short tandem repeat markers approved by the forensic and scientific community.
Weighting mark: nor
Sources:
Term: EMERY, A.E.H. y MUELLER, R.F. (1992) Elements of Medical Genetics, Churchill Livingstone: New York. 8th Edition.
Definition: US NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/chromosome/Y
Context: Y chromosome Haplotype Reference Database (YHRD) http://www.yhrd.org/