Ordering of Y-specific sequences by deletion mapping and analysis of X–Y interchange males and females

Development ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 101 (Supplement) ◽  
pp. 41-50
Author(s):  
M. A. Ferguson-Smith ◽  
N. A. Affara ◽  
R. E. Magenis

We have used DNA from 23 patients with Y-chromosome aberrations and 25 patients with presumptive X–Y interchange to map 39 Yp restriction fragments and 37 Yq restriction fragments. In the majority of patients the results are consistent with a standard contiguous order of sequences along the Y chromosome. In 6 of 26 patients (23 %) with Yp aberrations and 2 of 17 (12 %) with Yq aberrations, exceptions to the consensus order have been observed. These can be accommodated by postulating the presence of inversion polymorphisms. Such variation may occur more commonly on the nonpairing part of the Y chromosome that in other chromosomes owing to the absence of homologous synapsis and recombination in male meiosis. The Y sequence most frequently present in X–Y interchange males was that recognized by GMGY3. 18 of 19 X–Y interchange males had this sequence suggesting that it is the nearest in the series to the TDF locus, and indicating that the latter maps to the distal end of Yp. Several techniques, including in situ hybridization and DNA measurement by flow cytometry, have been used to demonstrate that in X–Y interchange males there is transfer of Y sequences to the distal end of the X chromosome; no mechanism other than X–Y interchange has been demonstrated.

2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 231
Author(s):  
M. Zhang ◽  
X. J. Zhuang ◽  
Y. Q. Lu ◽  
C. H. Hu ◽  
S. S. Lu ◽  
...  

Flow cytometry sorting technology has been successfully used to sort the X- and Y-chromosome bearing sperm. Previous studies showed that fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) method was a simple and reliable procedure for assessing the effectiveness of separation of X- and Y-sperm in the swine (Kawarasaki T et al. 1998 Theriogenology 50, 625–635) and the bovine (Rens W et al. 2001 Reproduction 121, 541–546). Reports of sex-preselection by flow-cytometry sorting of the X- and Y-sperm were also seen in the buffalo (Presicce GA et al. 2005 Reprod. Dom. Anim. 40, 73–75; Lu YQ et al. 2006 Anim. Reprod. Sci. 100, 192–196). There was, however, no report to date for using the FISH method to assess the purity of the sorted buffalo sperm. The objective of the present study was to verify the purity of flow cytometrically-sorted buffalo X- and Y-sperm by FISH using bovine X- and Y- chromosome painting probes prepared by microdissection. The X- and Y- chromosomes of bovidea were microdissected respectively from the metaphase spreads of Holstein blood cells with a glass needle controlled by a micromanipulator and amplified by degenerate oligo-nucleotide primer-PCR (DOP-PCR) (Mariela N et al. 2005 Genet. Mol. Res. 4, 675–683). The DOP-PCR products of X- and Y- chromosome were labeled with CY3-dUTP and Biotin-11-dUTP, respectively. The buffalo X- or Y-sperm DNA from unsorted semen and sorted semen were hybridized to the labeled probes, respectively. The results showed that the hybridized signals were clearly visible in the metaphase karyotype of bovine and buffalo semen samples. About 47.7% (594/1246) and 48.9% (683/1396) of the unsorted buffalo sperm emitted strong fluorescent signals when assessed by Y- and X-chromosome painting probes, respectively, which was conformed to the sex ratio in normal buffalo sperm (50%:50%). About 86.1% (1529/1776) hybridization signals of the sperm in the sorted X-semen assessed by X-chromosome painting probes were detected, while 82.2% (2232/2716) of the Y-sorted buffalo sperm emitted strong fluorescent signals when assessed by Y-chromosome painting probe. The results of the flow cytometer re-analysis revealed that the proportions of X- and Y-bearing sperm in the sorted semen were 89.6% and 86.7%, respectively. There were no apparent differences between the two assessment methods of sperm separation by flow cytometry re-analysis and by FISH with the X-Y paint probe. In conclusion, bovine X- and Y-chromosome painting probes prepared using microisolation method could be used to verify the purity of the sorted sperm in the buffalo. This study was supported by the Guangxi Department of Science and Technology (0626001-3-1) and National Key Technology R&D Program, The People’s Republic of China (2006BAD04A18). The authors (M. Zhang, X.J. Zhuang, and Y.Q. Lu) contributed equally to this work.


Development ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 101 (Supplement) ◽  
pp. 107-116
Author(s):  
Philip Avner ◽  
Colin Bishop ◽  
Laurence Amar ◽  
Jacques Cambrou ◽  
Didier Hatat ◽  
...  

Major advances in our knowledge of the genetic organization of the mouse X chromosome have been obtained by the use of interspecific crosses involving Mus spretus-derived strains. This system has been used to study sequences detected by three probes 80Y/B, 302Y/B and 371Y/B isolated from a mouse Y-chromosome library which have been shown to recognize both male–female common and male–female differential sequences. These patterns are due to the presence of a family of cross-reacting sequences on the mouse X and Y chromosomes. Detailed genetic analysis of the localization of the X-chromosomespecific sequences using both a somatic cell hybrid panel and an interspecific mouse cross has revealed the presence of at least three discrete clusters of loci (X–Y)A, (X–Y)B and (X–Y)C. Two of these clusters, (X–Y)B and (X–Y)C, lie distally on the mouse X chromosome, the other cluster (X–Y)A being situated close to the centromere. In situ hybridization shows a striking symmetry in the localization of the major sequences on both the X and Y chromosomes detected by these probes, hybridization being preferentially localized to a subcentromeric and subtelomeric region on each chromosome. This striking localization symmetry between the X and Y chromosome sequences is discussed in terms of the extensive pairing of the X–Y chromosomes noted during meiosis.


Reproduction ◽  
2001 ◽  
pp. 541-546 ◽  
Author(s):  
W Rens ◽  
F Yang ◽  
G Welch ◽  
S Revell ◽  
PC O'Brien ◽  
...  

X and Y chromosome paints were developed from sorted yak chromosomes for sexing cattle spermatozoa. Clear hybridization signals were obtained for every spermatozoon using a modified sperm decondensation protocol and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). The procedure was evaluated using the established Beltsville sperm sexing technology, which separates spermatozoa by flow cytometry into X- and Y-bearing fractions. Close agreement was found between the assessment of sperm separation by flow cytometry and by FISH with the X-Y paint set. The FISH method is a simple, reliable and robust procedure for assessing the effectiveness of separation of X and Y spermatozoa.


1985 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 361-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maximilian Münke ◽  
Bérengère de Martinville ◽  
Uta Francke ◽  
Ernest Lieber ◽  
John M. Opitz ◽  
...  

Genes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 966
Author(s):  
Zuzana Chumová ◽  
Terezie Mandáková ◽  
Pavel Trávníček

Polyploidy has played a crucial role in the evolution of many plant taxa, namely in higher latitudinal zones. Surprisingly, after several decades of an intensive research on polyploids, there are still common polyploid species whose evolutionary history is virtually unknown. Here, we addressed the origin of sweet vernal grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum) using flow cytometry, DNA sequencing, and in situ hybridization-based cytogenetic techniques. An allotetraploid and polytopic origin of the species has been verified. The chromosome study reveals an extensive variation between the European populations. In contrast, an autopolyploid origin of the rarer tetraploid vernal grass species, A. alpinum, has been corroborated. Diploid A. alpinum played an essential role in the polyploidization of both European tetraploids studied.


2001 ◽  
Vol 93 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 135-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
U. Mahlknecht ◽  
S. Schnittger ◽  
F. Landgraf ◽  
C. Schoch ◽  
O.G. Ottmann ◽  
...  

2005 ◽  
Vol 129 (3) ◽  
pp. 410-411
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Kern ◽  
Torsten Haferlach ◽  
Susanne Schnittger ◽  
Claudia Schoch

Abstract Cytomorphologic testing and multiparameter flow cytometry are the mainstays in diagnosing B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia, whereas fluorescence in situ hybridization that targets the translocation t(14;18)(q32;q21) often is used to identify follicular lymphoma. Therapy is highly diverse between both diseases. We describe a case with cytomorphologically and immunologically proven B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia in which t(14;18)(q32;q21) was found.


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