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Horse Y chromosome assembly displays unique evolutionary features and putative stallion fertility genes

  • Jan E. Janečka
  • , Brian W. Davis
  • , Sharmila Ghosh
  • , Nandina Paria
  • , Pranab J. Das
  • , Ludovic Orlando
  • , Mikkel Schubert
  • , Martin K. Nielsen
  • , Tom A.E. Stout
  • , Wesley Brashear
  • , Gang Li
  • , Charles D. Johnson
  • , Richard P. Metz
  • , Al Muatasim Al Zadjali
  • , Charles C. Love
  • , Dickson D. Varner
  • , Daniel W. Bellott
  • , William J. Murphy
  • , Bhanu P. Chowdhary
  • , Terje Raudsepp

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Resumen

Dynamic evolutionary processes and complex structure make the Y chromosome among the most diverse and least understood regions in mammalian genomes. Here, we present an annotated assembly of the male specific region of the horse Y chromosome (eMSY), representing the first comprehensive Y assembly in odd-toed ungulates. The eMSY comprises single-copy, equine specific multi-copy, PAR transposed, and novel ampliconic sequence classes. The eMSY gene density approaches that of autosomes with the highest number of retained X–Y gametologs recorded in eutherians, in addition to novel Y-born and transposed genes. Horse, donkey and mule testis RNAseq reveals several candidate genes for stallion fertility. A novel testis-expressed XY ampliconic sequence class, ETSTY7, is shared with the parasite Parascaris genome, providing evidence for eukaryotic horizontal transfer and inter-chromosomal mobility. Our study highlights the dynamic nature of the Y and provides a reference sequence for improved understanding of equine male development and fertility.

Idioma originalEnglish
Número de artículo2945
PublicaciónNature Communications
Volumen9
N.º1
DOI
EstadoPublished - dic 1 2018

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Financiación

This work was supported by USDA (grant 2012-67015-19632, BPC, TR, JEJ), LINK Endowment Equine Foundation (BPC, TR), Danish National Research Foundation (grant DNRF94, LO, MS), Initiative d′Excellence Chaires d′attractivité, Université de Toulouse (OURASI, LO), the European Research Council (grant agreement ERC-CoG-2015-681605, LO, MS). We thank Dr. Loren Skow and Dr. François Piumi for providing BAC clones from TAMU and INRA BAC libraries, respectively; Dr. Doug Antzack and Dr. Donald Miller for providing blood samples and fibroblast cell lines from the Thoroughbred stallion Bravo; Elaine Owens for assisting with cell cultures; Dr. Vaishali Katju for providing DNA from C. elegans; Dr. Rytis Juras for the photos of a Parascaris specimen. Special thanks to Dr. James MacLeod from the University of Kentucky for bonding Y chromosome researchers with equine parasitologists.

FinanciadoresNúmero del financiador
BPC
OURASI
U.S. Department of Agriculture
US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Agriculture and Food Research Initiative2012-67015-19632
US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Agriculture and Food Research Initiative
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme681605
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
H2020 European Research CouncilERC-CoG-2015-681605
H2020 European Research Council
Danmarks GrundforskningsfondDNRF94
Danmarks Grundforskningsfond
Université de Toulouse

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Chemistry
    • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
    • General
    • General Physics and Astronomy

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