Ferree Patrick M, Gomez Karina, Rominger Peter, Howard Dagnie, Kornfeld Hannah, Barbash Daniel A
W. M. Keck Science Department, Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps Colleges, Claremont, California 91711.
Genetics. 2014 Apr;196(4):1001-5. doi: 10.1534/genetics.113.161075. Epub 2014 Jan 29.
Some circularized X-Y chromosomes in Drosophila melanogaster are mitotically unstable and induce early embryonic lethality, but the genetic basis is unknown. Our experiments suggest that a large region of X-linked satellite DNA causes anaphase bridges and lethality when placed into a new heterochromatic environment within certain circularized X-Y chromosomes. These results reveal that repetitive sequences can be incompatible with one another in cis. The lethal phenotype also bears a remarkable resemblance to a case of interspecific hybrid lethality.
一些果蝇中的环状X-Y染色体在有丝分裂时不稳定,并会导致早期胚胎致死,但遗传基础尚不清楚。我们的实验表明,当X连锁卫星DNA的大片段被置于某些环状X-Y染色体内的新异染色质环境中时,会导致后期桥接和致死。这些结果表明,重复序列在顺式中可能彼此不相容。这种致死表型也与种间杂种致死的一个案例有显著相似之处。