A 7-bp insertion in the 3 ' untranslated region suggests the duplication and concerted evolution of the rabbit SRY gene

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2006

Authors

Geraldes, A (Author) Other; ferrand, n (Author) FCUP

Journal

Title: Genetics, Selection, Evolution

Vol. 38

Pages: 313-320

ISSN: 0999-193X

Publisher: Springer Nature

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Authenticus ID: P-004-KY2

DOI: 10.1051/gse:2006006

Abstract (EN): In this work we report the genetic polymorphism of a 7-bp insertion in the 3' untranslated region of the rabbit SRY gene. The polymorphic GAATTAA motif was found exclusively in one of the two divergent rabbit Y-chromosomal lineages, suggesting that its origin is more recent than the separation of the O. c. algirus and O. c. cuniculus Y-chromosomes. In addition, the remarkable observation of haplotypes exhibiting 0, 1 and 2 7-bp inserts in essentially all algirus populations suggests that the rabbit SRY gene is duplicated and evolving under concerted evolution.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 8