The quiescent X, the replicative Y and the Autosomes
G. Achaz, S. Gangloff, B. Arcangioli
The paper analyzes mutation spectra in human genomes to show that X chromosomes have more indels than autosomes, which are more than Y chromosomes, linking this to quiescent and replicating cell states.
bioRxiv · Feb 4, 2019Evolutionary Biology