We report the unprecedented finding of a gene with a different map position in two mouse strains. The Clcn4 gene was found to map to the X chromosome in the wild Mediterrean mouse, Mus spretus but to chromosome 7 in the inbred strain of laboratory mouse C57BL/6J. These data indicate that a recent evolutionary rearrangement occurred on the mouse sex chromosomes, very close to the pseudoautosomal region. Our data provide molecular evidence for a major divergence near the pseudoautosomal region, consistent with the hypothesis that hybrid sterility in these species results from abnormal pairing of sex chromosomes during male meiosis.
Different chromosomal localization of the Clcn4 gene in Mus spretus and C57BL/6J mice
BORSANI, Giuseppe;
1995-01-01
Abstract
We report the unprecedented finding of a gene with a different map position in two mouse strains. The Clcn4 gene was found to map to the X chromosome in the wild Mediterrean mouse, Mus spretus but to chromosome 7 in the inbred strain of laboratory mouse C57BL/6J. These data indicate that a recent evolutionary rearrangement occurred on the mouse sex chromosomes, very close to the pseudoautosomal region. Our data provide molecular evidence for a major divergence near the pseudoautosomal region, consistent with the hypothesis that hybrid sterility in these species results from abnormal pairing of sex chromosomes during male meiosis.File in questo prodotto:
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