Evolution of the Proto Sex-Chromosome in Solea senegalensis

is a flatfish belonging to the Soleidae family within the Pleuronectiformes order. It has a karyotype of 2 = 42 (FN = 60; 6M + 4 SM + 8 St + 24 T) and a XX/XY system. The first pair of metacentric chromosomes has been proposed as a proto sex-chromosome originated by a Robertsonian fusion between acr...

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Published in:International journal of molecular sciences 2019-10, Vol.20 (20), p.5111
Main Authors: Rodríguez, María Esther, Molina, Belén, Merlo, Manuel Alejandro, Arias-Pérez, Alberto, Portela-Bens, Silvia, García-Angulo, Aglaya, Cross, Ismael, Liehr, Thomas, Rebordinos, Laureana
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Language:English
Subjects:
Animal behavior
Animals
Chromosome 1
chromosome evolution
Chromosome Mapping
Chromosomes
Cloning
Evolution
Evolution, Molecular
Female
Fish
Flatfishes - genetics
Gene expression
Gene mapping
Genes
genomic synteny
Genomics - methods
Karyotype
Karyotypes
Karyotyping
Kinases
Male
repetitive sequences
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
Sequences
Sex Chromosomes
Sex determination
Solea senegalensis
Synteny
Y chromosomes
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Summary:is a flatfish belonging to the Soleidae family within the Pleuronectiformes order. It has a karyotype of 2 = 42 (FN = 60; 6M + 4 SM + 8 St + 24 T) and a XX/XY system. The first pair of metacentric chromosomes has been proposed as a proto sex-chromosome originated by a Robertsonian fusion between acrocentric chromosomes. In order to elucidate a possible evolutionary origin of this chromosome 1, studies of genomic synteny were carried out with eight fish species. A total of 88 genes annotated within of 14 BACs located in the chromosome 1 of were used to elaborate syntenic maps. Six BACs (BAC5K5, BAC52C17, BAC53B20, BAC84K7, BAC56H24, and BAC48P7) were distributed in, at least, 5 chromosomes in the species studied, and a group of four genes from BAC53B20 ( , , and ) and genes from BAC48K7 ( , , , , and ) formed a conserved cluster in all species. The analysis of repetitive sequences showed that the number of retroelements and simple repeat per BAC showed its highest value in the subcentromeric region where 53B20, 16E16 and 48K7 BACs were localized. This region contains all the genes, which are associated with sex determination in some species. In addition, the presence of a satellite "chromosome Y" (motif length: 860 bp) was detected in this region. These findings allowed to trace an evolutionary trend for the large metacentric chromosome of throughout different rearrangements, which could be at an initial phase of differentiation as sex chromosome.
ISSN:1422-0067
1661-6596
1422-0067
DOI:10.3390/ijms20205111