Recombination between Small X Chromosome Duplications and the X Chromosome in Caenorhabditis Elegans
AUTOR(ES)
Herman, R. K.
RESUMO
Twelve new X chromosome duplications were identified and characterized. Eight are translocated to autosomal sites near four different telomeres, and four are free. Ten include unc-1(+), which in wild type is near the left end of the X chromosome, and two of these, mnDp72(X;IV) and mnDp73(X;f), extend rightward past dpy-3. Both mnDp72 and mnDp73 recombined with the one X chromosome in males in the unc-1-dpy-3 interval at a frequency 15- to 30-fold higher than was observed for X-X recombination in hermaphrodites in the same interval. Recombinant duplications and recombinant X chromosomes were both recovered. Recombination with the X chromosome in the unc-1-dpy-3 interval was also detected for five other unc-1(+) duplications, even though their right breakpoints lie within the interval. In hermaphrodites, mnDp72 and mnDp73 promoted meiotic X nondisjunction and recombined with an X chromosome in the unc-1-dpy-3 interval at frequencies comparable to that found for X-X recombination; mnDp72(X;IV) also promoted trisomy for chromosome IV. A mutation in him-8 IV was identified that severely reduced recombination between the two X chromosomes in hermaphrodites and between mnDp73 and the X chromosome in males. Recombination between the X chromosome and duplications of either the right end of the X or a region near but not including the left end was rare. We suggest that the X chromosome has one or more elements near its left end that promote meiotic chromosome pairing.
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