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Pucci MB, Barbosa P, Nogaroto V, Almeida MC, Artoni RF, Scacchetti PC, Pansonato-Alves JC, Foresti F, Moreira-Filho O, Vicari MR. Chromosomal Spreading of Microsatellites and (TTAGGG)n Sequences in the Characidium zebra and C. gomesi Genomes (Characiformes: Crenuchidae). Cytogenet Genome Res 2016; 149:182-190. [DOI: 10.1159/000447959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Sex chromosome evolution involves the accumulation of repeat sequences such as multigenic families, noncoding repetitive DNA (satellite, minisatellite, and microsatellite), and mobile elements such as transposons and retrotransposons. Most species of Characidium exhibit heteromorphic ZZ/ZW sex chromosomes; the W is characterized by an intense accumulation of repetitive DNA including dispersed satellite DNA sequences and transposable elements. The aim of this study was to analyze the distribution pattern of 18 different tandem repeats, including (GATA)n and (TTAGGG)n, in the genomes of C. zebra and C. gomesi, especially in the C. gomesi W chromosome. In the C. gomesi W chromosome, weak signals were seen for (CAA)10, (CAC)10, (CAT)10, (CGG)10, (GAC)10, and (CA)15 probes. (GA)15 and (TA)15 hybridized to the autosomes but not to the W chromosome. The (GATA)n probe hybridized to the short arms of the W chromosome as well as the (CG)15 probe. The (GATA)n repeat is known to be a protein-binding motif. GATA-binding proteins are necessary for the decondensation of heterochromatic regions that hold coding genes, especially in some heteromorphic sex chromosomes that may keep genes related to oocyte development. The (TAA)10 repeat is accumulated in the entire W chromosome, and this microsatellite accumulation is probably involved in the sex chromosome differentiation process and crossover suppression in C. gomesi. These additional data on the W chromosome DNA composition help to explain the evolution of sex chromosomes in Characidium.
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Identification and validation of a new male sex-specific ISSR marker in pointed gourd (Trichosanthes dioica Roxb.). ScientificWorldJournal 2014; 2014:216896. [PMID: 25538949 PMCID: PMC4236900 DOI: 10.1155/2014/216896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2014] [Accepted: 10/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The aim of the present study was to develop a genetic sex marker for the pointed gourd (Trichosanthes dioica Roxb.) to allow gender determination at any stage in the life cycle. Screening of genomic DNA with intersimple sequence repeat (ISSR) primers was used to discover sex-specific touch-down polymerase chain reaction (Td-PCR) amplification products. Using pooled DNA from male and female genotypes and 42 ISSR primers, a putative male specific marker (~550 bp) was identified. DNA marker specific to male is an indication of existence of nonepigenetic factors involved in gender development in pointed gourd. The ISSR technique has proved to be a reliable technique in gender determination of pointed gourd genotypes at the seedling phenophase. The sex marker developed here could also be used as a starting material towards sequence characterization of sex linked genes for better understanding the developmental as well as evolutionary pathways in sexual dimorphism.
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Sex chromosomes are the most dynamic entity in any genome having unique morphology, gene content, and evolution. They have evolved multiple times and independently throughout vertebrate evolution. One of the major genomic changes that pertain to sex chromosomes involves the amplification of common repeats. It is hypothesized that such amplification of repeats facilitates the suppression of recombination, leading to the evolution of heteromorphic sex chromosomes through genetic degradation of Y or W chromosomes. Although contrasting evidence is available, it is clear that amplification of simple repetitive sequences played a major role in the evolution of Y and W chromosomes in vertebrates. In this review, we present a brief overview of the repetitive DNA classes that accumulated during sex chromosome evolution, mainly focusing on vertebrates, and discuss their possible role and potential function in this process.
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Schmid M, Steinlein C, Feichtinger W, Bogart JP. Chromosome banding in Amphibia. XXXI. The neotropical anuran families Centrolenidae and Allophrynidae. Cytogenet Genome Res 2014; 142:268-85. [PMID: 24776617 DOI: 10.1159/000362216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The mitotic chromosomes of 11 species from the anuran families Centrolenidae and Allophrynidae were analyzed by means of conventional staining, banding techniques, and in situ hybridization. The amount, location, and fluorochrome affinities of constitutive heterochromatin, the number and positions of nucleolus organizer regions, and the patterns of telomeric DNA sequences were determined for most of the species. The karyotypes were found to be highly conserved with a low diploid chromosome number of 2n = 20 and morphologically similar chromosomes. The sister group relationship between the Centrolenidae and Allophrynidae (unranked taxon Allocentroleniae) is clearly corroborated by the cytogenetic data. The existence of heteromorphic XY♂/XX♀ sex chromosomes in an initial stage of morphological differentiation was confirmed in Vitreorana antisthenesi. The genome sizes of 4 centrolenid species were determined using flow cytometry. For completeness and for comparative purposes, all previously published cytogenetic data on centrolenids are included.
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- Michael Schmid
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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Alec J. Jeffreys – Born a scientist. Mol Cell Probes 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2013.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Non-homologous sex chromosomes of birds and snakes share repetitive sequences. Chromosome Res 2010; 18:787-800. [DOI: 10.1007/s10577-010-9152-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2010] [Revised: 08/04/2010] [Accepted: 08/04/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Ganesan M, Paithankar KR, Jagannadham MV, Sundaram CS, Murthy BS, Singh L. Characterization of novel DNA-binding proteins expressed in snake oocyte cDNA library. Protein Expr Purif 2007; 53:164-78. [PMID: 17189702 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2006.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2006] [Revised: 11/09/2006] [Accepted: 11/09/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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DNA-binding proteins play pivotal roles in transcription, DNA-replication, recombination/repair and determine cell-fate in all physiological conditions of differentiation, development and disease. As they are present in extremely small amounts in cells, their isolation/identification, particularly from scarce tissues is impracticable. We cloned the cDNA pool of snake (Ptyas mucosus) oocytes (a scarce tissue) in bacteria, overexpressed total library, purified and identified DNA-binding proteins expressed in the library. Although snake databases do not exist, we identified 23 DNA-binding proteins, obtained 10-15 amino acids internal sequence tags of six of them and succeeded in PCR amplification of the cDNAs of five proteins. We employed electro spray ionization mass spectrometry, matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight and analyzed the results by peptide mass fingerprint (PMF) and various sequence BLAST analyses. Proteins identified were largely unanimous between the PMF and BLAST analyses. We expect these proteins to play important roles in snake embryonic development and differentiation. We arrived at homologous mouse proteins to some of the identified snake proteins and are working towards characterizing their structure and physiological function. Similar approaches shall prove valuable in isolation and identification of important factors from scarce carcinoma tissues, mammalian oocytes and early embryos, which might be involved in important functions like nuclear reprogramming, embryonic development and differentiation.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Chromatography, Affinity
- Cloning, Molecular
- Colubridae/embryology
- Colubridae/genetics
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- DNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry
- DNA-Binding Proteins/isolation & purification
- DNA-Binding Proteins/physiology
- Databases, Protein
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Embryo, Nonmammalian
- Female
- Gene Library
- Oocytes/metabolism
- Peptide Mapping
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Protein Binding
- Sequence Analysis, Protein
- Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
- Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
- Trypsin/pharmacology
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- Mala Ganesan
- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500 007, India
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Priyadarshini P, Murthy BS, Nagaraju J, Singh L. A GATA-binding protein expressed predominantly in the pupal ovary of the silkworm, Bombyx mori. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2003; 33:185-195. [PMID: 12535677 DOI: 10.1016/s0965-1748(02)00190-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Preferential localization of Bkm (Banded krait minor-satellite) DNA sequences on Y/W chromosomes of higher eukaryotes, which remain highly condensed in somatic cells but undergo extensive decondensation in the germ cells during early stages of development, led to the postulation for the existence of a sex- and tissue-specific Bkm-binding protein (BBP). Accordingly, we purified and characterized a BmBBP expressed predominantly in pupal ovary of the silkworm (Bombyx mori). 2D-PAGE revealed BmBBP as moderately basic (pI 7.8-8, in the range expected for DNA-binding proteins) and Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time of Flight exhibited a value of 37.5-kDa. BmBBP neither contains nor requires divalent metal ions for its DNA-binding activity, suggesting that it does not belong to the well-studied GATA-family of transcription factors. BmBBP is unusually strong in its DNA-binding characteristics to Bkm (GATA-repeats), which suggests its probable role in bringing about coordinated chromatin conformational changes to activate genes present in associated chromosomal domains. Fluorescence immuno-localization studies employing specific anti-BmBBP antibodies revealed its presence in the follicle cells and in the ooplasm, as well as the nucleus of different developmental stages of oocytes.
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- P Priyadarshini
- Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, ECIL Road, Nacharam, Hyderabad 500 076, India
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Random amplification of polymorphic DNA with conserved sequences reveals genome-specific monomorphic amplicons: Implications in clad identification. J Biosci 1999. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02941104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Ali S, Ansari S, Ehtesham NZ, Azfer MA, Homkar U, Gopal R, Hasnain SE. Analysis of the evolutionarily conserved repeat motifs in the genome of the highly endangered central Indian swamp deer Cervus duvauceli branderi. Gene 1998; 223:361-7. [PMID: 9858766 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(98)00166-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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We have analyzed the genome of central Indian swamp deer Cervus duvauceli branderi, an inhabitant of the Kanha National Park, a wildlife conservatory in Central India, with a view to provide a genetic basis for their extinction. Evolutionarily conserved repeat sequence motifs (GATA)3.75, TA(GATA)4, (GACA)3.75, (TGG)6 and a set of mouse beta-actin primers were used to uncover the sequence variation within and between related species by employing techniques of hybridization and AP-PCR amplification. The oligo probe carrying the GACA and TGG repeat motifs was found to be positive with Cervus genome, whereas (GATA)3.75, TA(GATA)4 and beta-actin probes did not cross-hybridize with the same. AP-PCR amplification with (GACA)3.75, unlike the (TGG)6 primer, generated distinct bands in the range of 0. 37-2.10kb amongst different genomes including Cervus. A comparative genome analysis of other species using the AP-PCR approach with (GACA)3.75 primer revealed the phylogenetic status of Cervus duvauceli branderi. From the analysis of a very limited number of Cervus DNA samples, we observed a high level of genetic homogeneity that may be a prime reason for the extinction of this species. This study has implications in the context of conservation of this endangered Cervus duvauceli branderi species.
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- S Ali
- Molecular Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067, India
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Zhimulev IF. Polytene chromosomes, heterochromatin, and position effect variegation. ADVANCES IN GENETICS 1997; 37:1-566. [PMID: 9352629 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2660(08)60341-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- I F Zhimulev
- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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Murray EW, Lillicrap D. von Willebrand disease: pathogenesis, classification, and management. Transfus Med Rev 1996; 10:93-110. [PMID: 8721967 DOI: 10.1016/s0887-7963(96)80086-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- E W Murray
- Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Buitkamp J, Epplen JT. Modern genome research and DNA diagnostics in domestic animals in the light of classical breeding techniques. Electrophoresis 1996; 17:1-11. [PMID: 8907510 DOI: 10.1002/elps.1150170102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- J Buitkamp
- Molecular Human Genetics, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany
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Rajyashri KR, Singh L. A Bkm-associated human y-chromosomal DNA is conserved and transcribed in the testis of mouse. Chromosoma 1995; 104:274-81. [PMID: 8565703 DOI: 10.1007/bf00352258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Y chromosome associated genes and repetitive sequences are continually viewed from the point of view of their possible involvement in sex determination and in the evolution of such a mechanism, thus sustaining an interest in the identification of novel sequences to gain newer insights. Here we have used the highly conserved class of Bkm repeats to isolate its associated sequences from the Y chromosome under the assumption that these sequences could be involved in sex determination and might also reflect the evolutionary status of the Y chromosome. Towards this end we have screened a genomic library enriched with human Y chromosome DNA with Bkm. One of the positive clones, C65, has a pericentromeric location on the Y chromosome and is present in a number of human sex-reversed XX males. The 10.5kb insert of clone C65 has been further subcloned (pFI, pFII, pFIII, pFIV). The subclone pFIII is present in both sexes in human and mouse, whereas pFIV is primate specific and present in both sexes. pFII contains sequences homologous to Bkm. pFI is conserved in mouse and man, but is Y specific only in primates. Although present in both sexes in mouse, pFI is transcribed specifically in the male testis suggesting that it may be involved in the process of sex determination or testis differentiation and spermatogenesis.
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- K R Rajyashri
- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad 500 007, India
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Willhoeft U, Traut W. The sex-determining region of the Megaselia scalaris (Diptera) Y chromosome. Chromosome Res 1995; 3:59-65. [PMID: 7704418 DOI: 10.1007/bf00711163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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In Megaselia scalaris (Loew) the presence or absence of a male-determining factor, M, is responsible for sex determination. In two wild-type strains, M is located on the homomorphic chromosome pair 2. In the laboratory line Except42 a new Y chromosome was created by recombination between the original Y and the original X chromosome. The Except42 Y chromosome has conserved the sex-determining function and four molecular markers of the original Y chromosome, while 13 original Y markers have been lost. The new Y chromosome, therefore, consists of roughly one-quarter of the original Y chromosome and three-quarters of the original X chromosome. To define the sex-determining region, cosmid clones, one from the original X and one from the original Y chromosome region of the Except42 Y chromosome, were isolated and used as probes for chromosomal in situ suppression (CISS) hybridization. The CISS hybridization signals map the conserved Y segment, including the male-determining factor, to the distal segment of the short arm of the Y chromosome.
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- U Willhoeft
- Institut für Biologie, Medizinische Universität zu Lübeck, Germany
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- A J Schafer
- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Spotila JR, Spotila LD, Kaufer NF. Molecular mechanisms of TSD in reptiles: a search for the magic bullet. THE JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY 1994; 270:117-27. [PMID: 7931129 DOI: 10.1002/jez.1402700113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Significant progress has been made in understanding mechanisms of genetic sex determination. The ZFY gene encodes a zinc finger protein but is not the primary signal in sex determination. The SRY gene is the testis determining gene in man, mouse, rabbit, and probably marsupial mouse and wallaby. Temperature dependent sex determination probably involves a modification of development of the indifferent gonad due to differential expression of one or more specific DNA sequences whose behavior is controlled by some temperature sensitive process or to differential action of a gene product such as a protein. There are ZFY and SRY-like genes in reptiles. We cloned and sequenced a portion of the ZFY gene (Zft) from snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) that is found in both sexes. We cloned and sequenced portions of SRY-like genes (Sra for SRY-related-autosomal) from snapping turtle. Similar genes are found in alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) and lizards. Cladistic analysis suggests that there are two or three major families of SRY-like genes in vertebrates in addition to sex specific SRY genes located on the Y chromosome of eutherian and marsupial mammals. When placed on a phylogenetic tree these data indicate that Sras were present in early tetrapods. Sequestering of the SRY gene on the Y chromosome probably happened only once and this may have been the defining moment that set the mammalian line of Therapsid reptiles apart from other reptilian groups.
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- J R Spotila
- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, 19104
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Singh L, Panicker SG, Nagaraj R, Majumdar KC. Banded krait minor-satellite (Bkm)-associated Y chromosome-specific repetitive DNA in mouse. Nucleic Acids Res 1994; 22:2289-95. [PMID: 8036156 PMCID: PMC523686 DOI: 10.1093/nar/22.12.2289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The mouse Y chromosome remains highly condensed in all somatic tissues but decondenses extensively in testis. We have isolated a mouse Y chromosome-specific repeat M34 (11.5 kb) and shown that this is distributed along the Y chromosome except the sex-determining region (the Y short arm) in which GATA repeats are predominantly concentrated. It has 32 copies of GATA repeats in a 2.7 kb fragment. About 200-300 copies of M34 on the Y chromosome are interspersed among other sequences. A 1.2 kb fragment (p3) of M34, containing GATA repeats, also has scaffold attachment region (SAR) motifs which bind to nuclear matrices. A strong affinity of histone H1 to SAR motifs is implicated in maintaining the condensed state of the Y chromosome in somatic tissues. The probable significance of molecular organization of the Y chromosome is discussed.
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- L Singh
- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
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Behaviour of microchromosome-associated satellite DNA in the banded krait,Bungarus fasciatus (Ophidia, Elapidae). J Genet 1994. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02927929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Ali S, Bala S. Detection of genome specific monomorphic loci in Bos taurus and Bubalus bubalis with oligodeoxyribonucleotide probe. Anim Genet 1993; 24:199-202. [PMID: 8103300 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.1993.tb00288.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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A synthetic oligodeoxyribonucleotide probe (OAT36) comprising nine repeats of 5'GACA 3' and several enzymes were used to analyse cow, (Bos taurus) and buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) genomes and a number of monomorphic loci were detected in both the species. Different animals from the same species showed an almost 'similar' monomorphic hybridization pattern but animals from two separate species showed a different 'genome specific' pattern. The overall hybridization with any enzyme and probe combination was found to be unique to one species. This forms the basis of genome specific hybridization which is substantiated by our zoo-blot hybridization studies. The evolutionary aspect of these loci in the context of sequence polymorphisms is discussed.
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- S Ali
- National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, India
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Lang JW, Aggarwal RK, Majumdar KC, Singh L. Individualization and estimation of relatedness in crocodilians by DNA fingerprinting with a Bkm-derived probe. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1993; 238:49-58. [PMID: 8479440 DOI: 10.1007/bf00279530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Individual-specific DNA fingerprints of crocodilians were obtained by the use of Bkm-2(8) probe. Pedigree analyses of Crocodylus palustris, C. porosus and Caiman crocodilus revealed that the multiple bands (22-23 bands with Aludigest) thus obtained were inherited stably in a Mendelian fashion. Unique fingerprints permitted us to identify individuals, assign parentage, and reconstruct the DNA profile of a missing parent. Average band sharing between unrelated crocodiles was found to be 0.37. Band sharing between animals of known pedigrees increased predictably with relatedness and provided a basis for distinguishing relatives from non-relatives. Similar results obtained in other species/genera, using the same probe, suggest that this approach may be applicable to all species of crocodilians, and could facilitate genetic studies of wild and captive populations.
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- J W Lang
- Department of Biology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks
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Nanda I, Schartl M, Epplen JT, Feichtinger W, Schmid M. Primitive sex chromosomes in poeciliid fishes harbor simple repetitive DNA sequences. THE JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY 1993; 265:301-8. [PMID: 8436922 DOI: 10.1002/jez.1402650311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The demonstration of the chromosomal mode of sex determination via genetic experiments as well as the absence of heteromorphic sex chromosomes affirm poeciliid fishes as a unique group among vertebrates that are endowed with the most primitive form of sex chromosomes. In many different taxa the evolutionary process involved in the differentiation of advanced sex chromosomes is outlined through sex specifically organized repetitive sequences. In this investigation hybridization of synthetic probes specific to genomic simple repeat motifs uncovers a sex-specific hybridization pattern in certain viviparous fishes of the family Poeciliidae. The hybridization pattern together with specific staining of the constitutive heterochromatin by C-banding reveals heterogamety in males (Poecilia reticulata) as well as in females (P. sphenops). In P. velifera, however, C-banding alone fails to unravel the heterogametic status. The female specific W-chromosome can be detected by simple repetitive sequence probes. Therefore, the principal significance of heterochromatization as a means of generating differentiated sex chromosomes is evident.
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- I Nanda
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Würzburg, Germany
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Rohwedel J, Weichenhan D, Meier C, Traut W. Different modes of hypervariability in (GATA)n simple sequence repeat loci. INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1993; 2:49-58. [PMID: 9087543 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.1993.tb00125.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Only a few prominent simple sequence repeat (SSR) loci of the type (GATA)n are found in the genome of the mealmoth Ephestia kuehniella Zeller. Therefore this moth was chosen as a model organism for the genetic and molecular analysis of hypervariability of SSR loci. We characterized alleles of (GATA)n loci in different Ephestia strains by cloning and genomic restriction mapping. Some variants appeared to be mere variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR) alleles, others showed considerable changes in the sequence neighbourhood of the GATA repeats. These may be produced by major rearrangements or by transposition of the (GATA)n block together with flanking sequences into a different sequence environment.
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- J Rohwedel
- Institut für Biologie, Medizinische Universität zu Lübeck, Germany
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Nanda I, Schartl M, Feichtinger W, Epplen JT, Schmid M. Early stages of sex chromosome differentiation in fish as analysed by simple repetitive DNA sequences. Chromosoma 1992; 101:301-10. [PMID: 1576882 DOI: 10.1007/bf00346009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Animal sex chromosome evolution has started on different occasions with a homologous pair of autosomes leading to morphologically differentiated gonosomes. In contrast to other vertebrate classes, among fishes cytologically demonstrable sex chromosomes are rare. In reptiles, certain motifs of simple tandemly repeated DNA sequences like (gata)n/(gaca)m are associated with the constitutive heterochromatin of sex chromosomes. In this study a panel of simple repetitive sequence probes was hybridized to restriction enzyme digested genomic DNA of poeciliid fishes. Apparent male heterogamety previously established by genetic experiments in Poecilia reticulata (guppy) was correlated with male-specific hybridization using the (GACA)4 probe. The (GATA)4 oligonucleotide identifies certain male guppies by a Y chromosomal polymorphism in the outbred population. In contrast none of the genetically defined heterogametic situations in Xiphophorus could be verified consistently using the collection of simple repetitive sequence probes. Only individuals from particular populations produced sex-specific patterns of hybridization with (GATA)4. Additional poeciliid species (P. sphenops, P. velifera) harbour different sex-specifically organized simple repeat motifs. The observed sex-specific hybridization patterns were substantiated by banding analyses of the karyotypes and by in situ hybridization using the (GACA)4 probe.
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- I Nanda
- Institut für Humangenetik der Universität, Würzburg, Federal Republic of Germany
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Nanda I, Zischler H, Epplen C, Guttenbach M, Schmid M. Chromosomal organization of simple repeated DNA sequences used for DNA fingerprinting. Electrophoresis 1991; 12:193-203. [PMID: 2040266 DOI: 10.1002/elps.1150120216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Stretches of short, simple DNA sequences are widespread in all eukaryote genomes studied so far. Simple sequences are thought to undergo frequent expansion and deletion due to intrinsic genomic mechanisms. Some of the simple sequences were used successfully to detect hypervariable loci in various genomes. Hybridization experiments using synthetic probes not only revealed the informative simple repeats suitable for DNA fingerprinting in a particular species, but also reflected the wide range of distribution of the simple sequences among eukaryotes. The organization of these simple repetitive sequences at the chromosomal loci was investigated using in situ hybridization with chemically synthesized, pure oligonucleotide probes. Both biotin- and digoxigenin-attached probes detected specific chromosomal sites that are enriched in the respective simple-repeat blocks. Depending on the organism and probe used, accumulation of simple DNA sequences at individual or multiple sites on the chromosomes of different vertebrates could be demonstrated. The simple repetitive DNA sequences are located in different chromosomal regions (e.g., heterochromatin on the sex chromosomes, nucleolus organizer regions, and R-band sites), which are constrained considerably during evolution.
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- I Nanda
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Würzburg, Germany
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Griffiths R, Holland PW. A novel avian W chromosome DNA repeat sequence in the lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus). Chromosoma 1990; 99:243-50. [PMID: 2170084 DOI: 10.1007/bf01731699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The phenol emulsion reassociation technique was used to isolate and clone a female specific, repetitive DNA sequence from Larus fuscus. The repeat, designated P2000-17, is restricted to the W chromosome, although related sequences occur elsewhere in the genome of L. fuscus. Similar sequences were detected in the genome of six other bird species from outside the genus Laridae, but the sequence occurs less frequently and to a similar extent in both sexes. The 298 bp DNA sequence of P2000-17 was determined and found to have extensive sequence identity to the rabbit dihydropyridine (DHP) receptor calcium channel. P2000-17 is represented once within a larger 8.6 kb tandem repeat (LfW-1), which has a complex internal DNA sequence. LfW-1 is highly conserved between repeat motifs and may comprise 3% of the female genome. The possible evolutionary origin of LfW-1 is discussed in relation to the repeat types found on the W and Y chromosomes of other species.
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Willhoeft U, Traut W. Molecular differentiation of the homomorphic sex chromosomes in Megaselia scalaris (Diptera) detected by random DNA probes. Chromosoma 1990; 99:237-42. [PMID: 2209225 DOI: 10.1007/bf01731698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Randomly cloned DNA fragments and a poly-(GATA) containing sequence were used as probes to identify sex chromosomal inheritance and to detect differences at the molecular level between the homomorphic X and Y in the phorid fly, Megaselia scalaris. Restriction fragment length differences between males and females and between two laboratory stocks of different geographic origin were used to differentiate between sex chromosomal and autosomal origin of the respective fragments. Five random probes detected X and Y chromosomal DNA loci and two others recognized autosomal DNA loci. One random probe and the poly(GATA) probe hybridized with both sex chromosomal and autosomal restriction fragments. Most of the Y chromosomal restriction fragments were conserved in length between the two stocks while most of the X chromosomal and autosomal fragments showed length polymorphism. It was concluded, therefore, that the Y chromosome contains a conserved segment in which crossover is suppressed and restriction site differences have accumulated relative to the X. These chromosomes, therefore, conform to a theoretically expected early stage of sex chromosome evolution.
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- U Willhoeft
- Institut für Biologie, Medizinische Universität zu Lübeck, Federal Republic of Germany
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Nanda I, Deubelbeiss C, Guttenbach M, Epplen JT, Schmid M. Heterogeneities in the distribution of (GACA)n simple repeats in the karyotypes of primates and mouse. Hum Genet 1990; 85:187-94. [PMID: 2370047 DOI: 10.1007/bf00193194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Tandemly organized simple repetitive sequences are widespread in all eukaryotes. The organization of the simple tetrameric (GACA)n sequences at chromosomal loci has been investigated using in situ hybridization with chemically pure oligonucleotide probes. Both biotin- and digoxigenin-attached (GACA)4 probes reveal specific hybridization signals over the short arms of all acrocentric autosomes in man. In the other examined primates the NOR-bearing autosomes could be detected by in situ hybridization with (GACA)4, and a major concentration of the GACA simple repeats could be observed on the Y chromosome in the gibbon and mouse: the hybridization site in the gibbon Y chromosome coincides particularly with the silver-stainable NOR. In the past, accumulations of (GACA)n sequences were demonstrated mainly on vertebrate sex chromosomes. Therefore, the organization of GACA simple sequences is discussed in the context of their evolutionary potential accumulation and the possible linkage with the primate rDNA loci.
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- I Nanda
- Institut für Humangenetik der Universität, Würzburg, Federal Republic of Germany
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Nanda I, Feichtinger W, Schmid M, Schröder JH, Zischler H, Epplen JT. Simple repetitive sequences are associated with differentiation of the sex chromosomes in the guppy fish. J Mol Evol 1990. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02101117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Elizur A, Vacek AT, Howells AJ. Cloning and characterization of the white and topaz eye color genes from the sheep blowfly Lucilia cuprina. J Mol Evol 1990; 30:347-58. [PMID: 1971656 DOI: 10.1007/bf02101889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Clones carrying the white and topaz eye color genes have been isolated from genomic DNA libraries of the blowfly Lucilia cuprina using cloned DNA from the homologous white and scarlet genes, respectively, of Drosophila melanogaster as probes. On the basis of hybridization studies using adjacent restriction fragments, homologous fragments were found to be colinear between the genes from the two species. The nucleotide sequence of a short region of the white gene of L. cuprina has been determined, and the homology to the corresponding region of D. melanogaster is 72%; at the derived amino acid level the homology is greater (84%) due to a marked difference in codon usage between the species. A major difference in genome organization between the two species is that whereas the DNA encompassing the D. melanogaster genes is free of repeated sequences, that encompassing their L. cuprina counterparts contains substantial amounts of repeated sequences. This suggests that the genome of L. cuprina is organized on the short period interspersion pattern. Repeated sequence DNA elements, which appear generally to be short (less than 1 kb) and which vary in repetitive frequency in the genome from greater than 10(4) copies to less than 10(2) copies, are found in at least two different locations in the clones carrying these genes. One type of repeat structure, found by sequencing, consists of tandemly repeating short sequences. Restriction site and restriction fragment length polymorphisms involving both the white and topaz gene regions are found within and between populations of L. cuprina.
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- A Elizur
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Australian National University, Canberra
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Demas S, Duronslet M, Wachtel S, Caillouet C, Nakamura D. Sex-specific DNA in reptiles with temperature sex determination. THE JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY 1990; 253:319-24. [PMID: 2156951 DOI: 10.1002/jez.1402530311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Banded krait minor ("Bkm") satellite DNA, originating in the W-chromosome of the snake Bungarus fasciatus, has been found in the genome of diverse eukaryotic species including fruit fly, quail, and horse. Concentrations of Bkm have been found in the presumptive W-chromosome of snakes with isomorphic sex chromosomes and in the male-determining region of the Y-chromosome in mouse and man. We therefore asked whether Bkm-related DNA might be present in quantitative excess in DNA from males or females in two related species of sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, in which sex is determined by the temperature of the incubating egg, and Lepidochelys kempi, in which the critical sex-determining temperature has recently been described. Filter hybridization with the Bkm 2(8) probe revealed male-specific fragments in both species; female-specific fragments were also revealed in C. mydas. Sex-specific DNA sequences in temperature-sex-determined species such as Kemp's ridley and the green turtle were unexpected, but could be explained if there were an underlying genetic mode of sex determination in these animals, or alternatively, if temperature-influenced sex determination involved structural modifications in DNA adjacent to, or directly concerned with, the sex-determining genes. If these results are confirmed across a broader sample of sea turtles, the techniques described in this paper might be used routinely to identify gener in the young of these endangered animals, in which male and female are grossly indistinguishable.
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- S Demas
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tennessee, Memphis 38105
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Platt T. Sex determination and the Y chromosome: the application of molecular genetic technique to behavioral genetics. Behav Genet 1990; 20:127-36. [PMID: 2189398 DOI: 10.1007/bf01070749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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In mammals, the Y chromosome mediates both gonadogenesis and spermatogenesis. It is also known to influence such traits as histocompatibility, sperm head morphology, pubertal (but not adult) testosterone level, sexual behavior, and aggressive behavior. An immediate goal in my laboratory is the isolation and characterization of the Y chromosomal gene responsible for initiating differentiation of the primitive bipotential gonads to become testes: the Y chromosomal gonadogenesis gene. Function of this gene initiates a cascade of events involving large numbers of other genes scattered throughout the genome, but it is not responsible for initiating development of all of the male phenotype; where : is XXSxr karyotype males, bearing the Sxr region of the Y chromosome which includes this gene, are sterile. It is not known if this gene influences those behaviors known to be influenced by the Y chromosome. If animals with an XXSxr karyotype, transgenic for specific Y chromosomal genes, could be produced, questions such as this could be answered. The developmental biology of the testis, molecular genetics of the Sxr region of the Y chromosome, and isolation of the testis determination gene from DNA of XXSxr males are discussed. Also discussed are the production of transgenic mice and the prospects for using such animals as coisogenic strains, differing by precisely known DNA sequences, in behavior genetic analysis. Such animals could be used both to test for behavioral phenotype and to dissect out biochemical and neurological mechanisms responsible for the behavior.
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- T Platt
- Department of Biology, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208
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Mancuso DJ, Tuley EA, Westfield LA, Worrall NK, Shelton-Inloes BB, Sorace JM, Alevy YG, Sadler JE. Structure of the gene for human von Willebrand factor. J Biol Chem 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)47144-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 315] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Miklos GL, Matthaei KI, Reed KC. Occurrence of the (GATA)n sequences in vertebrate and invertebrate genomes. Chromosoma 1989; 98:194-200. [PMID: 2510978 DOI: 10.1007/bf00329683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Clusters of the tetranucleotide GATA are found throughout the mouse genome with a major concentration on the Y chromosome. In Drosophila melanogaster, by contrast, they have a significant concentration on the X chromosome. Largely on the basis of these sex chromosomal concentrations and on their transcriptional activity in the mouse, these simple sequence tracts have been thought to be important in sex-determining and X inactivation mechanisms in both vertebrates and invertebrates. In every tested case the interpretations of the data have been difficult and sometimes the data themselves have been conflicting. We demonstrate in this paper that significant tracts of (GATA)n are totally absent from ovine and bovine genomes and point out that none of the major clusters of these repetitive sequences are near any of the sex-determining genes in D. melanogaster. We conclude therefore that (GATA)n sequences are not conserved over long evolutionary time periods as has previously been thought. Their absence from at least two mammalian genomes places severe constraints on their possible functions.
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- G L Miklos
- Research School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Australian National University, Canberra
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Durbin EJ, Stalvey JR, Erickson RP. Northern analyses using single-stranded probes do not support a role for GATA/GACA repeats in sex determination in mice and men. Mol Reprod Dev 1989; 1:116-21. [PMID: 2483512 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.1080010206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The possible role of GATA/GACA repeated sequences in mammalian sex determination was investigated using Northern analyses of mouse and human RNA. Brain, liver, and gonadal RNA from three developmental stages of mice of both sexes and also human fetal RNA from various tissues were hybridized to both sense and antisense Bkm riboprobes as well as to the synthetic oligonucleotide (GATA)5. At low levels of stringency, putative transcripts of various sizes were observed in all tissue samples with all probes. At high stringency, only a putative transcript of approximately 12 kb was observed, but this was later shown to consist of contaminating DNA. No sex-specific differences were observed in any tissue or developmental stage. Thus, we find no evidence that the GATA/GACA repeated sequences are specifically expressed in quantities detectable by Northern analyses in a manner important to mammalian sex determination.
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- E J Durbin
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48109
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Nishioka Y. Evolutionary characterization of a Y chromosomal sequence conserved in the genus Mus. Genet Res (Camb) 1988; 52:145-50. [PMID: 3209065 DOI: 10.1017/s001667230002752x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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SummaryThe extent of accumulation of mouseYchromosomal repetitive sequences generally correlates with the known phylogenetic relationships in the genusMus. However, we describe here aM. musculus Ychromosomal repetitive sequence, designated as ACClfl, whose accumulation patterns among eightMusspecies do not correspond to their phylogenetic relationships. Although male-specific hybridization bands were present in all the species examined, significant accumulation (> 200 copies) in theYchromosomes was found inM. minutoides(subgenusNannomys),M. pahari(subgenusCoelomys) andM. saxicola(subgenusPyromys) as well as in the three closely related speciesM. hortulanus, M. musculusandM. spretusthat belong to the subgenusMus. Unexpectedly, theYchromosomes ofM. caroliandM. cookii(both subgenusMus) had considerably reduced amounts of ACClfl-related sequences. Furthermore, in rats (Rattus norvegicus) the major accumulation sites appear to be autosomal. These observations suggest that caution must be taken in the interpretation of data obtained with repetitive sequences that have evolved quickly.
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Schäfer R, Zischler H, Birsner U, Becker A, Epplen JT. Optimized oligonucleotide probes for DNA fingerprinting. Electrophoresis 1988; 9:369-74. [PMID: 3234377 DOI: 10.1002/elps.1150090804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The three different simple repetitive oligonucleotide probes (CT)8, (CAC)5 and (TCC)5 were hybridized to a panel of human DNAs which had been digested with the restriction endonucleases Alu I, Hinf I and Mbo I. The resulting DNA fingerprints were analyzed and different parameters calculated, such as the maximal mean allele frequency and the average number of polymorphic bands per individual. The highest number of bands was obtained after hybridization of Hinf I digested DNA with (CAC)5. The probability of finding the same band pattern as in individual A in individual B is 2 x 10(-8). The DNAs of monozygous twins show indistinguishable banding patterns and the bands are inherited according to the Mendelian laws. Thus this procedure reveals informative fingerprints that can be used for individual identification, e.g. in paternity testing and in forensic applications. In most of these experiments 32P-labelled probes were employed, yet the biotinylated oligonucleotide (GACA)4 produced results which were equivalent to those obtained by hybridization with the 32P-labelled probe (GACA)4.
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- R Schäfer
- Max-Planck-Institut für Psychiatrie, Martinsried, Federal Republic of Germany
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Erickson RP, Ross CE, Gorski JL, Stalvey JR, Drumm MM. Bkm sequences from the human X chromosome contain large clusters of GATA/GACA repeats. Ann Hum Genet 1988; 52:167-76. [PMID: 3250328 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.1988.tb01094.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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In order to determine whether the regional localizations of Bkm repeats detected on the human X chromosome consisted of typical GATA/GACA repeats, clones were isolated, mapped, and sequenced. Nine Bkm-hybridizing clones from Kunkel's fluorescent-activated, cell-sorted X-chromosome library were all unique. Five were mapped in detail with restriction enzymes and the Bkm-hybridizing segments were localized. Confirmation of X chromosomal homology was obtained for 2 of the clones and Bkm segments from these 2 clones were sequenced. Seventeen contiguous GATA repeats were found in each clone and the overall repeat arrangement showed relatively few differences from previously sequenced Bkm sequences. These are the first sequences of human Bkm repeats. The results, when compared with previously published results, suggest that there may be significant differences between the organization of Bkm repeats on the human X and on the human Y chromosome.
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- R P Erickson
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor 48109-0618
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Epplen JT, Studer R, McLaren A. Heterogeneity in the Sxr (sex-reversal) locus of the mouse as revealed by synthetic GATA-GACA probes. Genet Res (Camb) 1988; 51:239-46. [PMID: 3417145 DOI: 10.1017/s0016672300024344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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SummaryThe sex-reversal mutation, Sxr and a variant form, Sxr′ have been established on the inbred C57BL/6Mcl background by repeated backcrossing to form the CB and CB′ strains, respectively. DNAs of normal XY, XX Sxr and XX Sxr′ as well as XY Sxr and XY Sxr′ carrier male mice have been digested with the restriction enzymes Hae III and Hinf I and electrophoresed. The DNAs show many common but also differing hybridization bands with synthetic oligonucleotide probes. In XY Sxr (and XY Sxr′) carrier males, the hybridization patterns of normal XY and those of XX Sxr (and XX Sxr′) males are simply superimposed. Individual differing bands can be categorized by their differential hybridization behaviour to the (GATA)4, (GACA)4, (GATA)2 GACA (GATA)2 and (GATA)3 (GACA)2 probes. In general, the hybridization patterns are regularly inherited. In addition to the predominant pattern in each strain, one additional XX Sxr and one additional XX Sxr′ hybridization pattern was observed: the additional pattern in the CB strain was transmitted (via variant XY Sxr carriers) while the secondary XX Sxr′ pattern in the CB′ strain could only be observed once. Thus ‘DNA finger printing’ with oligonucleotide probes can successfully be used to discriminate the DNAs of normal Y chromosomes, XX Sxr and XX Sxr′ variants as well as XY Sxr and XY Sxr′ carrier mice. Implications of the comparatively high unequal recombination rate involving the murine Y chromosome are discussed, as well as possible mechanisms.
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Singh L, Winking H, Jones KW, Gropp A. Restriction fragment polymorphism in the sex-determining region of the Y chromosomal DNA of European wild mice. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1988; 212:440-9. [PMID: 2901661 DOI: 10.1007/bf00330848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Using 32P-labeled probe consisting mainly of (GATA)n we have shown that a male specific Alu1 DNA blot pattern which defines the Y chromosome sex-determining locus in inbred mice is highly polymorphic in wild mice, indicating substantial sequence evolution in this region under field conditions. In all cases examined by in situ hybridization, the region concerned is paracentromeric. In contrast, the blot pattern of another probe (M 34) which detects repeated sequences specific to the mouse Y chromosome but outside the sex-determining locus, remains constant between different isolates.
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- L Singh
- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
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Nanda I, Neitzel H, Sperling K, Studer R, Epplen JT. Simple GATCA repeats characterize the X chromosomal heterochromatin of Microtus agrestis, European field vole (Rodentia, Cricetidae). Chromosoma 1988; 96:213-9. [PMID: 3282831 DOI: 10.1007/bf00302360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The sex chromosomes of Microtus agrestis are extremely large due to the accumulation of constitutive heterochromatin. We have identified two prominent satellite bands of 2.0 and 2.8 kb in length after HaeIII and HinfI restriction enzyme digestion of genomic DNA, respectively. These satellites are located on the heterochromatic long arm of the X chromosome as shown using Microtus x mouse somatic cell hybrids. By in-gel hybridization with oligonucleotide probes, the organization of the two satellites was studied: among the many copies of the simple tandem tetranucleotide repeat GATA are interspersed rare single GACA tetramers. One of the satellites also harbours related GGAT simple tandem repeats. In situ hybridizations with plasmid-carried or oligonucleotide GATCA probes show clustered silver grains on the long and short arm of the X chromosome. Interspersion of differently organized (GATA)n elements is also demonstrable in the autosomal complement and on the Y chromosome. These results are discussed in the context of the evolution of vertebrate sex chromosomes in relation to heterochromatin and simple repetitive DNA sequences.
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- I Nanda
- Institut für Humangenetik, Freie Universität Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany
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Kirchhoff C. GATA tandem repeats detect minisatellite regions in blowfly DNA (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Chromosoma 1988; 96:107-11. [PMID: 2894926 DOI: 10.1007/bf00331042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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A DNA probe containing GATA tandem repeats detected numerous dispersed minisatellite regions in the genomes of the blowflies Chrysomya rufifacies and Calliphora erythrocephala. These regions seemed to be actively transcribed into poly(A)+ RNA in a tissue-specific manner. When genomic DNA of blastoderm embryos was compared with adult genomic DNA some loci hybridizing to GATA displayed a marked stage-specific variation in length. In Calliphora, a small sex-linked dimorphism of GATA mini-satellite-associated restriction fragments was observed.
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- C Kirchhoff
- Zoologisches Institut der Universität, Kiel, Federal Republic of Germany
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Vogel W, Steinbach P, Djalali M, Mehnert K, Ali S, Epplen JT. Chromosome 9 of Ellobius lutescens is the X chromosome. Chromosoma 1988; 96:112-8. [PMID: 3280269 DOI: 10.1007/bf00331043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Ellobius lutescens carries an apparently identical karyotype (2n = 17) in both sexes. On the basis of indirect evidence the unpaired chromosome 9 has been considered to represent the X chromosome of this species. We have obtained data to substantiate this view by four different techniques. After fusion of HPRT- RAG cells with E. lutescens fibroblasts we demonstrated that the enzymes HPRT and G6PD are localized on the presumptive X chromosome. By analysis of pachytene figures after silver staining we showed by electron microscopy that the single chromosome exhibits the typical features of an X chromosome in male meiosis. Hybridization of (GATA)4 and (GACA)4 oligonucleotide probes to E. lutescens DNA revealed several distinct bands in the high molecular weight range some of which appeared to be specific for the individual but not for the sex of the animal. Hybridization in situ of the (GATA)4 probe on metaphase spreads of E. lutescens did not highlight any particular chromosome segment but showed a significant deficit of these sequences in chromosome 9. These observations are discussed with respect to their bearing on X chromosome determination. Finally it is concluded that E. lutescens should be an ideal tool for testing candidate genes assumed to be involved in primary sex determination.
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- W Vogel
- Abteilung Klinische Genetik der Universität Ulm, Federal Republic of Germany
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Microinjection of Bkm-related male-specific mouse DNA into autologous zygotes. J Genet 1987. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02927710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Nagamine CM, Michot JL, Roberts C, Guénet JL, Bishop CE. Linkage of the murine steroid sulfatase locus, Sts, to sex reversed, Sxr: a genetic and molecular analysis. Nucleic Acids Res 1987; 15:9227-38. [PMID: 3479751 PMCID: PMC306464 DOI: 10.1093/nar/15.22.9227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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We present genetic and molecular data demonstrating linkage of the gene for steroid sulfatase (Sts) to the mutation sex reversed (Sxr) definitively showing the existance of a functional allele for Sts mapping to the pseudoautosomal region of the mouse Y chromosome. Thus, in mouse, functional Sts genes are present in the pseudoautosomal region of both the X and Y chromosomes. This is in contrast to man where Sts has been mapped to the short arm of the X just centromeric to the pseudoautosomal region. Only a single recombinant separating Sts and Sxr was found out of 103 male meioses analyzed; double recombinants were not found between sex (Tdy), Sts and Sxr. If the rate of recombination in the pseudoautosomal region in male mice is equivalent to that in man and thus 7-10X higher than normal, then our data suggest that the distance between Sts and Sxr (or the telomere of the Y) is approximately 100-200 kb in length. Our data is in contrast to a recent report of a recombination frequency separating Sts and Sxr of as high as 6.2-9.8%.
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- C M Nagamine
- Unité de Génétique des Mammifères, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Gupta NJ, Jones KW. A DNA sequence which shows genomic variation in a, alpha and HO strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Curr Genet 1987; 12:161-6. [PMID: 3329574 DOI: 10.1007/bf00436874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
Abstract
HindIII digested DNA from various mutant strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae probed with a 340 bp nucleotide sequence in M13mp8 derived from a mouse liver cDNA clone p1581 showed strong hybridization to a 4.1 kb DNA fragment class. This was limited to the DNA of cells of alpha mating type but the fragments concerned apparently do not originate from chromosome III. The pattern of hybridization was modified in strains carrying the HO gene consistent with there being extra copies of the Bkm-homologous sequence in these cells. Northern analysis of RNA from cells synchronised in various stages of the mitotic and meiotic cell cycle probed with M13mp8/p1581 indicated related transcripts in meiotic cells.
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- N J Gupta
- Genetics Department, University of Edinburgh, UK
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