The male-specific region of the human Y chromosome is a mosaic of discrete sequence classes

Helen Skaletsky; Tomoko Kuroda-Kawaguchl; Patrick J. Minx; Holland S. Cordum; La Deana Hlllier; Laura G. Brown; Sjoerd Repplng; Tatyana Pyntikova; Johar All; Tamberlyn Blerl; Asif Chinwalla; Andrew Delehaunty; Hui Du; Glnger Fewell; Lucinda Fulton; Robert Fulton; Tina Graves; Shun Fang Hou; Phllip Latrielle; Shawn Leonard; Elaine Mardis; Rachel Maupin; John McPherson; Tracie Miner; Wllliam Nash; Christine Nguyen; Philip Ozersky; Kymberlle Pepin; Susan Rock; Tracy Rohlfing; Kelsi Scott; Brian Schultz; Cindy Strong; Aye Tin-Wollam; Shlaw Pyng Yang; Robert H. Waterston; Richard K. Wllson; Steve Rozen; David C. Page

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The male-specific region of the human Y chromosome is a mosaic of discrete sequence classes

Helen Skaletsky
, Tomoko Kuroda-Kawaguchl
, Patrick J. Minx
, Holland S. Cordum
, La Deana Hlllier
, Laura G. Brown
, Sjoerd Repplng
, Tatyana Pyntikova
, Johar All
, Tamberlyn Blerl
, Asif Chinwalla
, Andrew Delehaunty
, Hui Du
, Glnger Fewell
, Lucinda Fulton
, Robert Fulton
, Tina Graves
, Shun Fang Hou
, Phllip Latrielle
, Shawn Leonard

Elaine Mardis, Rachel Maupin, John McPherson, Tracie Miner, Wllliam Nash, Christine Nguyen, Philip Ozersky, Kymberlle Pepin, Susan Rock, Tracy Rohlfing, Kelsi Scott, Brian Schultz, Cindy Strong, Aye Tin-Wollam, Shlaw Pyng Yang, Robert H. Waterston, Richard K. Wllson, Steve Rozen, David C. Page

McDonnell Genome Institute (MGI)

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Abstract

The male-specific region of the Y chromosome, the MSY, differentiates the sexes and comprises 95% of the chromosome's length. Here, we report that the MSY is a mosaic of heterochromatic sequences and three classes of euchromatic sequences: X-transposed, X-degenerate and ampliconic. These classes contain all 156 known transcription units, which include 78 protein-coding genes that collectively encode 27 distinct proteins. The X-transposed sequences exhibit 99% identity to the X chromosome. The X-degenerate sequences are remnants of ancient autosomes from which the modern X and Y chromosomes evolved. The ampliconic class includes large regions (about 30% of the MSY euchromatin) where sequence pairs show greater than 99.9% identity, which is maintained by frequent gene conversion (non-reciprocal transfer). The most prominent features here are eight massive palindromes, at least six of which contain testis genes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	825-837
Number of pages	13
Journal	Nature
Volume	423
Issue number	6942
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nature01722
State	Published - Jun 19 2003

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Skaletsky, H., Kuroda-Kawaguchl, T., Minx, P. J., Cordum, H. S., Hlllier, L. D., Brown, L. G., Repplng, S., Pyntikova, T., All, J., Blerl, T., Chinwalla, A., Delehaunty, A., Du, H., Fewell, G., Fulton, L., Fulton, R., Graves, T., Hou, S. F., Latrielle, P., ... Page, D. C. (2003). The male-specific region of the human Y chromosome is a mosaic of discrete sequence classes. Nature, 423(6942), 825-837. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature01722

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