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dc.contributor.author | Ho, K. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Deakin, J. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wright, M. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Marshall Graves, J. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Grutzner, F. | - |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Reproduction Fertility and Development, 2009; 21(8):952-963 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1031-3613 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1448-5990 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2440/57068 | - |
dc.description | © CSIRO 2009 | - |
dc.description.abstract | A common theme in the evolution of sex chromosomes is the massive loss of genes on the sex-specific chromosome (Y or W), leading to a gene imbalance between males (XY) and females (XX) in a male heterogametic species, or between ZZ and ZW in a female heterogametic species. Different mechanisms have evolved to compensate for this difference in dosage of X-borne genes between sexes. In therian mammals, one of the X chromosomes is inactivated, whereas bird dosage compensation is partial and gene-specific. In therian mammals, hallmarks of the inactive X are monoallelic gene expression, late DNA replication and chromatin condensation. Platypuses have five pairs of X chromosomes in females and five X and five Y chromosomes in males. Gene expression analysis suggests a more bird-like partial and gene-specific dosage compensation mechanism. We investigated replication timing and chromosome condensation of three of the five X chromosomes in female platypus. Our data suggest asynchronous replication of X-specific regions on X₁, X₃ and X₅ but show significantly different condensation between homologues for X₃ only, and not for X₁ or X₅. We discuss these results in relation to recent gene expression analysis of X-linked genes, which together give us insights into possible mechanisms of dosage compensation in platypus. | - |
dc.description.statementofresponsibility | Kristen K. K. Ho, Janine E. Deakin, Megan L. Wright, Jennifer A. Marshall Graves and Frank Grützner | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.publisher | C S I R O Publishing | - |
dc.source.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/rd09099 | - |
dc.subject | chromosome condensation | - |
dc.subject | dosage compensation | - |
dc.subject | gene expression | - |
dc.subject | X chromosome inactivation. | - |
dc.title | Replication asynchrony and differential condensation of X chromosomes in female platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) | - |
dc.type | Journal article | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1071/RD09099 | - |
dc.relation.grant | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP0449984 | - |
dc.relation.grant | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP0449984 | - |
pubs.publication-status | Published | - |
dc.identifier.orcid | Grutzner, F. [0000-0002-3088-7314] | - |
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