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Conservation of human Y chromosome sequences among male great apes: Implications for the evolution of Y chromosomes
Authors:Beverly Steele Allen  Harry Ostrer
Affiliation:(1) Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, 32610 Gainesville, FL, USA;(2) Human Genetics Program, Department of Pediatrics, New York University Medical Center, 550 1st Avenue, 10016 New York, NY, USA;(3) Present address: Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology, University of Florida, 32610 Gainesville, FL, USA
Abstract:Nine newly described single-copy and lowcopy-number genomic DNA sequences isolated from a flow-sorted human Y chromosome library were mapped to regions of the human Y chromosome and were hybridized to Southern blots of male and female great ape genomic DNAs (Gorilla gorilla, Pan troglodytes, Pongo pygmaeus). Eight of the nine sequences mapped to the euchromatic Y long arm (Yq) in humans, and the ninth mapped to the short arm or pericentromeric region. All nine of the newly identified sequences and two additional human Yq sequences hybridized to restriction fragments in male but not female genomic DNA from the great apes, indicating Y chromosome localization. Seven of these 11 human Yq sequences hybridized to similarly-sized restriction endonuclease fragments in all the great ape species analyzed. The five human sequences that mapped to the most distal subregion of Yq (deletion of which region is associated with spermatogenic failure in humans) were hybridized to Southern blots generated by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. These sequences define a region of approximately 1 Mb on human Yq in which HpaII tiny fragment (HTF) islands appear to be absent. The conservation of these human Yq sequences on great ape Y chromosomes indicates a greater stability in this region of the Y than has been previously described for most anonymous human Y chromosomal sequences. The stability of these sequences on great ape Y chromosomes seems remarkable given that this region of the Y does not undergo meiotic recombination and the sequences do not appear to encode genes for which positive selection might occur.Correspondence to: B. Steele Allen
Keywords:Y chromosome  Great ape  Human  Evolution  DNA
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