Structure and organization of the bovine beta-globin genes |
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Authors: | Schimenti JC; Duncan CH |
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Institution: | Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229. |
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Abstract: | Genomic clones spanning the entire cow beta-globin gene locus have been
isolated and characterized. These clones demonstrate that the linkage of
embryonic-like (epsilon) genes and pseudogenes (psi) to the previously
described fetal (gamma) and adult (beta) genes is as follows: 5'-epsilon
3-epsilon 4-psi 3-beta-epsilon 1-epsilon 2-psi 1- psi 2-gamma-3'. Present
data indicate that, like that of the goat, the fetal and adult genes arose
via block duplication of an ancestral four- gene set:
epsilon-epsilon-psi-beta. This duplication event preceded the divergence of
cows and goats, which occurred greater than or equal to 18-20 Myr ago.
However, cows do not have the additional four-gene block containing a
preadult/stress globin gene (beta C). Furthermore, the cow fetal cluster
contains an extra beta-like pseudogene, which apparently arose by a
small-scale duplication. The fixation of this duplication may indicate a
possible evolutionary role for pseudogenes.
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