Y chromosome - wikipedia Y chromosome Human Y chromosome Human Y chromosome ( after G - banding ) Y chromosome in human male karyogram Features Length ( bp ) 57,227,415 bp ( GRCh38 ) No. of genes 63 ( CCDS ) Type Allosome Centromere position Acrocentric ( 10.4 Mbp ) External map viewers Ensembl Chromosome Y Entrez Chromosome Y NCBI Chromosome Y UCSC Chromosome Y Full DNA sequences RefSeq NC_000024 ( FASTA ) GenBank CM000686 ( FASTA ) The Y chromosome is one of two sex chromosomes ( allosomes ) in mammals, including humans, and many other animals. The other is the X chromosome. Y is the sex - determining chromosome in many species, since it is the presence or absence of Y that determines the male or female sex of offspring produced in sexual reproduction. In mammals, the Y chromosome contains the gene SRY, which triggers testis development. The DNA in the human Y chromosome is composed of about 59 million base pairs. The Y chromosome is passed only from father to son. With a 30 % difference between humans and chimpanzees, the Y chromosome is one of the fastest - evolving parts of the human genome. To date, over 200 Y - linked genes have been identified. All Y - linked genes are expressed and ( apart from duplicated genes ) hemizygous ( present on only one chromosome ) except in the cases of aneuploidy such as XYY syndrome or XXYY syndrome. ( See Y linkage. ) Contents 1 Overview 1.1 Discovery 1.2 Variations 2 Origins and evolution 2.1 Before Y chromosome 2.2 Origin 2.3 Recombination inhibition 2.4 Degeneration 2.4. 1 High mutation rate 2.4. 2 Inefficient selection 2.4. 3 Genetic drift 2.5 Gene conversion 2.6 Future evolution 2.7 1 : 1 sex ratio 3 Non-mammal Y chromosome 3.1 ZW chromosomes 3.2 Non-inverted Y chromosome 4 Human Y chromosome 4.1 Non-combining region of Y ( NRY ) 4.2 Genes 4.3 Y - chromosome - linked diseases 4.3. 1 More common 4.3. 1.1 Y chromosome microdeletion 4.3. 1.2 Defective Y chromosome 4.3. 1.3 XXY 4.3. 1.4 XYY 4.3. 2 Rare 4.3. 2.1 More than two Y chromosomes 4.3. 2.2 XX male syndrome 4.4 Genetic genealogy 4.5 Brain function 4.6 Microchimerism 4.7 Cytogenetic band 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Overview Discovery The Y chromosome was identified as a sex - determining chromosome by Nettie Stevens at Bryn Mawr College in 1905 during a study of the mealworm Tenebrio molitor. Edmund Beecher Wilson independently discovered the same mechanisms the same year. Stevens proposed that chromosomes always existed in pairs and that the Y chromosome was the pair of the X chromosome discovered in 1890 by Hermann Henking. She realized that the previous idea of Clarence Erwin McClung, that the X chromosome determines sex, was wrong and that sex determination is, in fact, due to the presence or absence of the Y chromosome. Stevens named the chromosome `` Y '' simply to follow on from Henking 's `` X '' alphabetically. The idea that the Y chromosome was named after its similarity in appearance to the letter `` Y '' is mistaken. All chromosomes normally appear as an amorphous blob under the microscope and only take on a well - defined shape during mitosis. This shape is vaguely X-shaped for all chromosomes. It is entirely coincidental that the Y chromosome, during mitosis, has two very short branches which can look merged under the microscope and appear as the descender of a Y - shape. Variations Most mammals have only one pair of sex chromosomes in each cell. Males have one Y chromosome and one X chromosome, while females have two X chromosomes. In mammals, the Y chromosome contains a gene, SRY, which triggers embryonic development as a male. The Y chromosomes of humans and other mammals also contain other genes needed for normal sperm production. There are exceptions, however. For example, the platypus relies on an XY sex - determination system based on five pairs of chromosomes. Platypus sex chromosomes in fact appear to bear a much stronger homology ( similarity ) with the avian Z chromosome, and the SRY gene so central to sex - determination in most other mammals is apparently not involved in platypus sex - determination. Among humans, some men have two Xs and a Y ( `` XXY '', see Klinefelter syndrome ), or one X and two Ys ( see XYY syndrome ), and some women have three Xs or a single X instead of a double X ( `` X0 '', see Turner syndrome ). There are other exceptions in which SRY is damaged ( leading to an XY female ), or copied to the X ( leading to an XX male ). For related phenomena, see Androgen insensitivity syndrome and Intersex. Origins and evolution Before Y chromosome Many ectothermic vertebrates have no sex chromosomes. If they have different sexes, sex is determined environmentally rather than genetically. For some of them, especially reptiles, sex depends on the incubation temperature ; others are hermaphroditic ( meaning they contain both male and female gametes in the same individual ). Origin The X and Y chromosomes are thought to have evolved from a pair of identical chromosomes, termed autosomes, when an ancestral animal developed an allelic variation, a so - called `` sex locus '' -- simply possessing this allele caused the organism to be male. The chromosome with this allele became the Y chromosome, while the other member of the pair became the X chromosome. Over time, genes that were beneficial for males and harmful to ( or had no effect on ) females either developed on the Y chromosome or were acquired through the process of translocation. Until recently, the X and Y chromosomes were thought to have diverged around 300 million years ago. However, research published in 2010, and particularly research published in 2008 documenting the sequencing of the platypus genome, has suggested that the XY sex - determination system would not have been present more than 166 million years ago, at the split of the monotremes from other mammals. This re-estimation of the age of the therian XY system is based on the finding that sequences that are on the X chromosomes of marsupials and eutherian mammals are present on the autosomes of platypus and birds. The older estimate was based on erroneous reports that the platypus X chromosomes contained these sequences. Recombination inhibition Recombination between the X and Y chromosomes proved harmful -- it resulted in males without necessary genes formerly found on the Y chromosome, and females with unnecessary or even harmful genes previously only found on the Y chromosome. As a result, genes beneficial to males accumulated near the sex - determining genes, and recombination in this region was suppressed in order to preserve this male specific region. Over time, the Y chromosome changed in such a way as to inhibit the areas around the sex determining genes from recombining at all with the X chromosome. As a result of this process, 95 % of the human Y chromosome is unable to recombine. Only the tips of the Y and X chromosomes recombine. The tips of the Y chromosome that could recombine with the X chromosome are referred to as the pseudoautosomal region. The rest of the Y chromosome is passed on to the next generation intact. It is because of this disregard for the rules that the Y chromosome is such a superb tool for investigating recent human evolution. Degeneration By one estimate, the human Y chromosome has lost 1,393 of its 1,438 original genes over the course of its existence, and linear extrapolation of this 1,393 - gene loss over 300 million years gives a rate of genetic loss of 4.6 genes per million years. Continued loss of genes at the rate of 4.6 genes per million years would result in a Y chromosome with no functional genes -- that is the Y chromosome would lose complete function -- within the next 10 million years, or half that time with the current age estimate of 160 million years. Comparative genomic analysis reveals that many mammalian species are experiencing a similar loss of function in their heterozygous sex chromosome. Degeneration may simply be the fate of all non-recombining sex chromosomes, due to three common evolutionary forces : high mutation rate, inefficient selection, and genetic drift. However, comparisons of the human and chimpanzee Y chromosomes ( first published in 2005 ) show that the human Y chromosome has not lost any genes since the divergence of humans and chimpanzees between 6 -- 7 million years ago, and a scientific report in 2012 stated that only one gene had been lost since humans diverged from the rhesus macaque 25 million years ago. These facts provide direct evidence that the linear extrapolation model is flawed and suggest that the current human Y chromosome is either no longer shrinking or is shrinking at a much slower rate than the 4.6 genes per million years estimated by the linear extrapolation model. High mutation rate The human Y chromosome is particularly exposed to high mutation rates due to the environment in which it is housed. The Y chromosome is passed exclusively through sperm, which undergo multiple cell divisions during gametogenesis. Each cellular division provides further opportunity to accumulate base pair mutations. Additionally, sperm are stored in the highly oxidative environment of the testis, which encourages further mutation. These two conditions combined put the Y chromosome at a greater risk of mutation than the rest of the genome. The increased mutation risk for the Y chromosome is reported by Graves as a factor 4.8. However, her original reference obtains this number for the relative mutation rates in male and female germ lines for the lineage leading to humans. Inefficient selection Without the ability to recombine during meiosis, the Y chromosome is unable to expose individual alleles to natural selection. Deleterious alleles are allowed to `` hitchhike '' with beneficial neighbors, thus propagating maladapted alleles in to the next generation. Conversely, advantageous alleles may be selected against if they are surrounded by harmful alleles ( background selection ). Due to this inability to sort through its gene content, the Y chromosome is particularly prone to the accumulation of `` junk '' DNA. Massive accumulations of retrotransposable elements are scattered throughout the Y. The random insertion of DNA segments often disrupts encoded gene sequences and renders them nonfunctional. However, the Y chromosome has no way of weeding out these `` jumping genes ''. Without the ability to isolate alleles, selection can not effectively act upon them. A clear, quantitative indication of this inefficiency is the entropy rate of the Y chromosome. Whereas all other chromosomes in the human genome have entropy rates of 1.5 -- 1.9 bits per nucleotide ( compared to the theoretical maximum of exactly 2 for no redundancy ), the Y chromosome 's entropy rate is only 0.84. This means the Y chromosome has a much lower information content relative to its overall length ; it is more redundant. Genetic drift Even if a well adapted Y chromosome manages to maintain genetic activity by avoiding mutation accumulation, there is no guarantee it will be passed down to the next generation. The population size of the Y chromosome is inherently limited to 1 / 4 that of autosomes : diploid organisms contain two copies of autosomal chromosomes while only half the population contains 1 Y chromosome. Thus, genetic drift is an exceptionally strong force acting upon the Y chromosome. Through sheer random assortment, an adult male may never pass on his Y chromosome if he only has female offspring. Thus, although a male may have a well adapted Y chromosome free of excessive mutation, it may never make it in to the next gene pool. The repeat random loss of well - adapted Y chromosomes, coupled with the tendency of the Y chromosome to evolve to have more deleterious mutations rather than less for reasons described above, contributes to the species - wide degeneration of Y chromosomes through Muller 's ratchet. Gene conversion As it has been already mentioned, the Y chromosome is unable to recombine during meiosis like the other human chromosomes ; however, in 2003, researchers from MIT discovered a process which may slow down the process of degradation. They found that human Y chromosome is able to `` recombine '' with itself, using palindrome base pair sequences. Such a `` recombination '' is called gene conversion. In the case of the Y chromosomes, the palindromes are not noncoding DNA ; these strings of bases contain functioning genes important for male fertility. Most of the sequence pairs are greater than 99.97 % identical. The extensive use of gene conversion may play a role in the ability of the Y chromosome to edit out genetic mistakes and maintain the integrity of the relatively few genes it carries. In other words, since the Y chromosome is single, it has duplicates of its genes on itself instead of having a second, homologous, chromosome. When errors occur, it can use other parts of itself as a template to correct them. Findings were confirmed by comparing similar regions of the Y chromosome in humans to the Y chromosomes of chimpanzees, bonobos and gorillas. The comparison demonstrated that the same phenomenon of gene conversion appeared to be at work more than 5 million years ago, when humans and the non-human primates diverged from each other. Future evolution In the terminal stages of the degeneration of the Y chromosome, other chromosomes increasingly take over genes and functions formerly associated with it. Finally, the Y chromosome disappears entirely, and a new sex - determining system arises. Several species of rodent in the sister families Muridae and Cricetidae have reached these stages, in the following ways : The Transcaucasian mole vole, Ellobius lutescens, the Zaisan mole vole, Ellobius tancrei, and the Japanese spinous country rats Tokudaia osimensis and Tokudaia tokunoshimensis, have lost the Y chromosome and SRY entirely. Tokudaia spp. have relocated some other genes ancestrally present on the Y chromosome to the X chromosome. Both sexes of Tokudaia spp. and Ellobius lutescens have an XO genotype ( Turner syndrome ), whereas all Ellobius tancrei possess an XX genotype. The new sex - determining system ( s ) for these rodents remains unclear. The wood lemming Myopus schisticolor, the Arctic lemming, Dicrostonyx torquatus, and multiple species in the grass mouse genus Akodon have evolved fertile females who possess the genotype generally coding for males, XY, in addition to the ancestral XX female, through a variety of modifications to the X and Y chromosomes. In the creeping vole, Microtus oregoni, the females, with just one X chromosome each, produce X gametes only, and the males, XY, produce Y gametes, or gametes devoid of any sex chromosome, through nondisjunction. Outside of the rodent family, the black muntjac, Muntiacus crinifrons, evolved new X and Y chromosomes through fusions of the ancestral sex chromosomes and autosomes. 1 : 1 sex ratio Fisher 's principle outlines why almost all species using sexual reproduction have a sex ratio of 1 : 1, meaning that in the case of humans, 50 % of offspring will receive a Y chromosome, and 50 % will not. W.D. Hamilton gave the following basic explanation in his 1967 paper on `` Extraordinary sex ratios '', given the condition that males and females cost equal amounts to produce : Suppose male births are less common than female. A newborn male then has better mating prospects than a newborn female, and therefore can expect to have more offspring. Therefore parents genetically disposed to produce males tend to have more than average numbers of grandchildren born to them. Therefore the genes for male - producing tendencies spread, and male births become more common. As the 1 : 1 sex ratio is approached, the advantage associated with producing males dies away. The same reasoning holds if females are substituted for males throughout. Therefore 1 : 1 is the equilibrium ratio. Non-mammal Y chromosome Many groups of organisms in addition to mammals have Y chromosomes, but these Y chromosomes do not share common ancestry with mammalian Y chromosomes. Such groups include Drosophila, some other insects, some fish, some reptiles, and some plants. In Drosophila melanogaster, the Y chromosome does not trigger male development. Instead, sex is determined by the number of X chromosomes. The D. melanogaster Y chromosome does contain genes necessary for male fertility. So XXY D. melanogaster are female, and D. melanogaster with a single X ( X0 ), are male but sterile. There are some species of Drosophila in which X0 males are both viable and fertile. ZW chromosomes Other organisms have mirror image sex chromosomes : where the homogeneous sex is the male, said to have two Z chromosomes, and the female is the heterogeneous sex, and said to have a Z chromosome and a W chromosome. For example, female birds, snakes, and butterflies have ZW sex chromosomes, and males have ZZ sex chromosomes. Non-inverted Y chromosome There are some species, such as the Japanese rice fish, the XY system is still developing and cross over between the X and Y is still possible. Because the male specific region is very small and contains no essential genes, it is even possible to artificially induce XX males and YY females to no ill effect Human Y chromosome In humans, the Y chromosome spans about 58 million base pairs ( the building blocks of DNA ) and represents approximately 1 % of the total DNA in a male cell. The human Y chromosome contains over 200 genes, at least 72 of which code for proteins. Traits that are inherited via the Y chromosome are called holandric traits ( although biologists will usually just say `` Y - linked '' ). Some cells, especially in older men and smokers, lack a Y chromosome. It has been found that men with a higher percentage of hematopoietic stem cells in blood lacking the Y chromosome ( and perhaps a higher percentage of other cells lacking it ) have a higher risk of certain cancers and have a shorter life expectancy. Men with `` loss of Y '' ( which was defined as no Y in at least 18 % of their hematopoietic cells ) have been found to die 5.5 years earlier on average than others. This has been interpreted as a sign that the Y chromosome plays a role going beyond sex determination and reproduction ( although the loss of Y may be an effect rather than a cause ). And yet women, who have no Y chromosome, have lower rates of cancer. Male smokers have between 1.5 and 2 times the risk of non-respiratory cancers as female smokers. Non-combining region of Y ( NRY ) The human Y chromosome is normally unable to recombine with the X chromosome, except for small pieces of pseudoautosomal regions at the telomeres ( which comprise about 5 % of the chromosome 's length ). These regions are relics of ancient homology between the X and Y chromosomes. The bulk of the Y chromosome, which does not recombine, is called the `` NRY '', or non-recombining region of the Y chromosome. The single - nucleotide polymorphisms ( SNPs ) in this region are used to trace direct paternal ancestral lines. For details, see human Y - chromosome DNA haplogroup. Genes See also : Category : Genes on human chromosome Y. The following are some of the gene count estimates of human Y chromosome. Because researchers use different approaches to genome annotation their predictions of the number of genes on each chromosome varies ( for technical details, see gene prediction ). Among various projects, the collaborative consensus coding sequence project ( CCDS ) takes an extremely conservative strategy. So CCDS 's gene number prediction represents a lower bound on the total number of human protein - coding genes. When simply saying `` number of genes '', in most cases, it refers only to `` number of protein - coding genes ''. Estimated by Protein - coding genes Non-coding RNA genes Pseudogenes Source Release date CCDS 63 - - 2016 - 09 - 08 HGNC 45 55 381 2017 - 05 - 12 Ensembl 63 109 392 2017 - 03 - 29 NCBI 73 122 400 2017 - 05 - 19 In general, the human Y chromosome is extremely gene poor -- it is one of the largest gene deserts in the human genome, however there are several notable genes coded on the Y chromosome : not including pseudoautosomal genes, genes encoded on the human Y chromosome include : NRY, with corresponding gene on X chromosome AMELY / AMELX ( amelogenin ) RPS4Y1 / RPS4Y2 / RPS4X ( Ribosomal protein S4 ) X-transposed region ( XTR ), once dubbed `` PAR3 '' but later refuted PCDH11Y ( PCDH11X ) TGIF2LY ( TGIF2LX ) NRY, other AZF1 ( azoospermia factor 1 ) BPY2 ( basic protein on the Y chromosome ) DAZ1 ( deleted in azoospermia ) DAZ2 DDX3Y ( helicase ) PRKY ( protein kinase, Y - linked ) RBMY1A1 SRY ( sex - determining region ) TSPY ( testis - specific protein ) USP9Y UTY ( ubiquitously transcribed TPR gene on Y chromosome ) ZFY ( zinc finger protein ) Y - chromosome - linked diseases Diseases linked to Y chromosome can be of more common types or very rare ones. Yet, the rare ones still have importance in understanding the function of the Y chromosome in the normal case. More common No vital genes reside only on the Y chromosome, since roughly half of humans ( females ) do not have a Y chromosome. The only well - defined human disease linked to a defect on the Y chromosome is defective testicular development ( due to deletion or deleterious mutation of SRY ). However, having two X chromosomes and one Y chromosome has similar effects. On the other hand, having Y chromosome polysomy has other effects than masculinization. Y chromosome microdeletion Y chromosome microdeletion ( YCM ) is a family of genetic disorders caused by missing genes in the Y chromosome. Many affected men exhibit no symptoms and lead normal lives. However, YCM is also known to be present in a significant number of men with reduced fertility or reduced sperm count. Defective Y chromosome This results in the person presenting a female phenotype ( i.e., is born with female - like genitalia ) even though that person possesses an XY karyotype. The lack of the second X results in infertility. In other words, viewed from the opposite direction, the person goes through defeminization but fails to complete masculinization. The cause can be seen as an incomplete Y chromosome : the usual karyotype in these cases is 45X, plus a fragment of Y. This usually results in defective testicular development, such that the infant may or may not have fully formed male genitalia internally or externally. The full range of ambiguity of structure may occur, especially if mosaicism is present. When the Y fragment is minimal and nonfunctional, the child is usually a girl with the features of Turner syndrome or mixed gonadal dysgenesis. XXY Main article : Klinefelter syndrome Klinefelter syndrome ( 47, XXY ) is not an aneuploidy of the Y chromosome, but a condition of having an extra X chromosome, which usually results in defective postnatal testicular function. The mechanism is not fully understood ; it does not seem to be due to direct interference by the extra X with expression of Y genes. XYY Main article : XYY syndrome 47, XYY syndrome ( simply known as XYY syndrome ) is caused by the presence of a single extra copy of the Y chromosome in each of a male 's cells. 47, XYY males have one X chromosome and two Y chromosomes, for a total of 47 chromosomes per cell. Researchers have found that an extra copy of the Y chromosome is associated with increased stature and an increased incidence of learning problems in some boys and men, but the effects are variable, often minimal, and the vast majority do not know their karyotype. In 1965 and 1966 Patricia Jacobs and colleagues published a chromosome survey of 315 male patients at Scotland 's only special security hospital for the developmentally disabled, finding a higher than expected number of patients to have an extra Y chromosome. The authors of this study wondered `` whether an extra Y chromosome predisposes its carriers to unusually aggressive behaviour '', and this conjecture `` framed the next fifteen years of research on the human Y chromosome ''. Through studies over the next decade, this conjecture was shown to be incorrect : the elevated crime rate of XYY males is due to lower median intelligence and not increased aggression, and increased height was the only characteristic that could be reliably associated with XYY males. The `` criminal karyotype '' concept is therefore inaccurate. Rare The following Y - chromosome - linked diseases are rare, but notable because of their elucidating of the nature of the Y chromosome. More than two Y chromosomes Greater degrees of Y chromosome polysomy ( having more than one extra copy of the Y chromosome in every cell, e.g., XYYY ) are rare. The extra genetic material in these cases can lead to skeletal abnormalities, decreased IQ, and delayed development, but the severity features of these conditions are variable. XX male syndrome XX male syndrome occurs when there has been a recombination in the formation of the male gametes, causing the SRY portion of the Y chromosome to move to the X chromosome. When such an X chromosome contributes to the child, the development will lead to a male, because of the SRY gene. Genetic genealogy Main articles : Human Y - chromosome DNA haplogroup and Y - chromosomal Adam In human genetic genealogy ( the application of genetics to traditional genealogy ), use of the information contained in the Y chromosome is of particular interest because, unlike other chromosomes, the Y chromosome is passed exclusively from father to son, on the patrilineal line. Mitochondrial DNA, maternally inherited to both sons and daughters, is used in an analogous way to trace the matrilineal line. Brain function Research is currently investigating whether male - pattern neural development is a direct consequence of Y - chromosome - related gene expression or an indirect result of Y - chromosome - related androgenic hormone production. Microchimerism The presence of male chromosomes in fetal cells in the blood circulation of women was discovered in 1974. In 1996, it was found that male fetal progenitor cells could persist postpartum in the maternal blood stream for as long as 27 years. A 2004 study at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, investigated the origin of male chromosomes found in the peripheral blood of women who had not had male progeny. A total of 120 subjects ( women who had never had sons ) were investigated, and it was found that 21 % of them had male DNA. The subjects were categorised into four groups based on their case histories : Group A ( 8 % ) had had only female progeny. Patients in Group B ( 22 % ) had a history of one or more miscarriages. Patients Group C ( 57 % ) had their pregnancies medically terminated. Group D ( 10 % ) had never been pregnant before. The study noted that 10 % of the women had never been pregnant before, raising the question of where the Y chromosomes in their blood could have come from. The study suggests that possible reasons for occurrence of male chromosome microchimerism could be one of the following : miscarriages, pregnancies, vanished male twin, possibly from sexual intercourse. A 2012 study at the same institute has detected cells with the Y chromosome in multiple areas of the brains of deceased women. Cytogenetic band G - banding ideograms of human Y chromosome G - banding ideogram of human Y chromosome in resolution 850 bphs. Band length in this diagram is proportional to base - pair length. This type of ideogram is generally used in genome browsers ( e.g. Ensembl, UCSC Genome Browser ). G - banding patterns of human Y chromosome in three different resolutions ( 400, 550 and 850 ). Band length in this diagram is based on the ideograms from ISCN ( 2013 ). This type of ideogram represents actual relative band length observed under a microscope at the different moments during the mitotic process. G - bands of human Y chromosome in resolution 850 bphs Chr. Arm Band ISCN start ISCN stop Basepair start Basepair stop Stain Density Y p 11.32 0 149 7000100000000000000 ♠ 1 7005300000000000000 ♠ 300,000 gneg Y p 11.31 149 298 7005300001000000000 ♠ 300,001 7005600000000000000 ♠ 600,000 gpos 50 Y p 11.2 298 1043 7005600001000000000 ♠ 600,001 7007103000000000000 ♠ 10,300,000 gneg Y p 11.1 1043 1117 7007103000010000000 ♠ 10,300,001 7007104000000000000 ♠ 10,400,000 acen Y q 11.1 1117 1266 7007104000010000000 ♠ 10,400,001 7007106000000000000 ♠ 10,600,000 acen Y q 11.21 1266 1397 7007106000010000000 ♠ 10,600,001 7007124000000000000 ♠ 12,400,000 gneg Y q 11.221 1397 1713 7007124000010000000 ♠ 12,400,001 7007171000000000000 ♠ 17,100,000 gpos 50 Y q 11.222 1713 1881 7007171000010000000 ♠ 17,100,001 7007196000000000000 ♠ 19,600,000 gneg Y q 11.223 1881 2160 7007196000010000000 ♠ 19,600,001 7007238000000000000 ♠ 23,800,000 gpos 50 Y q 11.23 2160 2346 7007238000010000000 ♠ 23,800,001 7007266000000000000 ♠ 26,600,000 gneg Y q 12 2346 3650 7007266000010000000 ♠ 26,600,001 7007572274150000000 ♠ 57,227,415 gvar See also Genealogical DNA test Genetic genealogy Haplodiploid sex - determination system Human Y chromosome DNA haplogroups List of Y - STR markers Muller 's ratchet Single nucleotide polymorphism Y chromosome Short Tandem Repeat ( STR ) Y linkage Y - chromosomal Aaron Y - chromosomal Adam Y - chromosome haplogroups in populations of the world References Jump up ^ `` Human Genome Assembly GRCh38 - Genome Reference Consortium ''. 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Question: a gene on the y chromosome that determines maleness is
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