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http://dx.doi.org/10.5352/JLS.2003.13.6.958

Human Y Chromosome: Structure, Function and Evolution  

홍경원 (부산대학교 생명과학부)
허재원 (부산대학교 생명과학부)
김희수 (부산대학교 생명과학부)
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Journal of Life Science / v.13, no.6, 2003 , pp. 958-969 More about this Journal
Abstract
The human Y chromosome is strictly paternally inherited and does not X-Y crossing over during male meiosis in most of its length. Although this region came to be known as the non-recombining region Y (NRY), it was renamed as male-specific region Y (MSY) due to abundant recombination. The MSY is a mosaic of heterochromatic sequences and three classes of euchromatic sequences: X-transposed, X-degenerated and ampliconic. The X-transposed sequences exhibit 99% identity to the X chromosomal sequences. The X-degenerate sequences are remnants of ancient autosomes from which the modem X and Y chromosomes evolved. Eight palindromes of the ampliconic comprise one-quarter of the euchromatic DNA of the male-specific region of the human Y chromosome. They contain many testis-specific genes and typically exhibit 99.97% intra-palindromic (arm-to-arm) sequence identity. The arms of these palindromes must have subsequently engaged in gene conversion, driving the pair arms to evolve it concert. Averages of approximately 600 nucleotides per newborn male have undergone Y-Y gene conversion, which has had an important role in the evolution of multi-copy testis gene families in the MSY.
Keywords
evolution; gene function; structure; human Y chromosome; male-specific region Y;
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