The amelogenin loci span an ancient pseudoautosomal boundary in diverse mammalian species
AUTOR(ES)
Iwase, Mineyo
FONTE
The National Academy of Sciences
RESUMO
The mammalian amelogenin (AMEL) genes are found on both the X and Y chromosomes (gametologous). Comparison of the genomic AMEL sequences in five primates and three other mammals reveals that the 5′ portion of the gametologous AMEL loci began to differentiate in the common ancestor of extant mammals, whereas the 3′ portion differentiated independently within species of different mammals. The boundary is marked by a transposon insertion in intron 2 and is shared by all species examined. In addition, 540-kb DNA sequences from the short arm of the human X chromosome are aligned with their Y gametologous sequences. The pattern and extent of sequence differences in the 5′ portion of the AMEL loci extend to a proximal region that contains the ZFX locus, and those in the 3′ portion extend all the way down to the pseudoautosomal boundary (PAB)1. We concluded that the AMEL locus spans an ancient PAB, and that both the ancient and present PABs were determined by chance events during the evolution of mammals and primates. Sex chromosome differentiation likely took place in a region that contains the male-determining loci by suppressing homologous recombination.
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