| RRC ID |
15378
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| Author |
Méndez-Lago M, Bergman CM, de Pablos B, Tracey A, Whitehead SL, Villasante A.
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| Title |
A large palindrome with interchromosomal gene duplications in the pericentromeric region of the D. melanogaster Y chromosome.
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| Journal |
Mol Biol Evol
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| Abstract |
The non-recombining Y chromosome is expected to degenerate over evolutionary time, however, gene gain is a common feature of Y chromosomes of mammals and Drosophila. Here, we report that a large palindrome containing interchromosomal segmental duplications is located in the vicinity of the first amplicon detected in the Y chromosome of D. melanogaster. The recent appearance of such amplicons suggests that duplications to the Y chromosome, followed by the amplification of the segmental duplications, are a mechanism for the continuing evolution of Drosophila Y chromosomes.
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| Volume |
28(7)
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| Pages |
1967-71
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| Published |
2011-7-1
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| DOI |
10.1093/molbev/msr034
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| PII |
msr034
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| PMID |
21297157
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| PMC |
PMC4202384
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| MeSH |
Animals
Drosophila melanogaster / genetics*
Evolution, Molecular
Gene Duplication*
Genes, Insect*
Inverted Repeat Sequences*
Models, Genetic
Molecular Sequence Data
Y Chromosome*
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| IF |
11.062
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| Times Cited |
12
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WOS Category
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GENETICS & HEREDITY
BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
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| Resource |
| INFORMATION |
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| Drosophila |
Infomation of DME1-001M04 and DME1-007E02 (Drosophila BAC library) |
