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A 7-bp insertion in the 3' untranslated region suggests the duplication and concerted evolution of the rabbit SRY gene
Genetics Selection Evolution volume 38, Article number: 313 (2006)
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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.
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Geraldes, A., Ferrand, N. A 7-bp insertion in the 3' untranslated region suggests the duplication and concerted evolution of the rabbit SRY gene. Genet Sel Evol 38, 313 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1186/1297-9686-38-3-313
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1297-9686-38-3-313