| Literature DB >> 10894941 |
I Nanda1, E Zend-Ajusch, Z Shan, F Grützner, M Schartl, D W Burt, M Koehler, V M Fowler, G Goodwin, W J Schneider, S Mizuno, G Dechant, T Haaf, M Schmid.
Abstract
Sex-determination mechanisms in birds and mammals evolved independently for more than 300 million years. Unlike mammals, sex determination in birds operates through a ZZ/ZW sex chromosome system, in which the female is the heterogametic sex. However, the molecular mechanism remains to be elucidated. Comparative gene mapping revealed that several genes on human chromosome 9 (HSA 9) have homologs on the chicken Z chromosome (GGA Z), indicating the common ancestry of large parts of GGA Z and HSA 9. Based on chromosome homology maps, we isolated a Z-linked chicken ortholog of DMRT1, which has been implicated in XY sex reversal in humans. Its location on the avian Z and within the sex-reversal region on HSA 9p suggests that DMRT1 represents an ancestral dosage-sensitive gene for vertebrate sex-determination. Z dosage may be crucial for male sexual differentiation/determination in birds. Copyright 2000 S. Karger AG, Basel.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID： 10894941 DOI： 10.1159/000015567
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cytogenet Cell Genet ISSN： 0301-0171