title: A 7-bp insertion in the 3' untranslated region suggests the duplication and concerted evolution of the rabbit SRY gene.
abstract: In this work we report the genetic polymorphism of a 7-bp insertion in the 3' untranslated region of the rabbit SRY gene. The polymorphic GAATTAA motif was found exclusively in one of the two divergent rabbit Y-chromosomal lineages, suggesting that its origin is more recent than the separation of the O. c. algirus and O. c. cuniculus Y-chromosomes. In addition, the remarkable observation of haplotypes exhibiting 0, 1 and 2 7-bp inserts in essentially all algirus populations suggests that the rabbit SRY gene is duplicated and evolving under concerted evolution.
authors.affiliation: CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, e Departamento de Zoologia e Antropologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Armando
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Geraldes
authors.forename: Nuno
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ferrand
mesh_terms: D020413:3' Untranslated Regions / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D020440:Gene Duplication; D024282:Genes, sry; D006239:Haplotypes; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011817:Rabbits / Q000235:genetics*; D013045:Species Specificity; D014998:Y Chromosome
chemical_list: D020413:3' Untranslated Regions