Molecular evolution of the ZFY and ZNF6 gene families |
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Authors: | Johnston CM; Shimeld SM; Sharpe PT |
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Institution: | Department of Craniofacial Development, Guy's Hospital, London, U.K. |
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Abstract: | Members of the ZFY and ZNF6 gene families have been cloned from species
representing different taxa and different modes of sex determination.
Comparisons of these genes show the ZFY-like and ZNF6 sequences to be
strongly conserved across marsupials, birds, and lepidosaurians. Sequence
analyzed by neighbor-joining indicated that both gene families are
monophyletic with a high bootstrap value. Pairing of sequences from males
and females of nonmammalian species showed there to be no significant
difference between male and female sequences from a single species,
consistent with autosomal locations. The molecular distances between murine
Zfy-1, Zfy-2, and other ZFY-like sequences suggested that Zfy genes have
undergone a period of rapid evolutionary change not seen in human ZFY.
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