基因组暗物质的揭示：按蚊的 Y 染色体。

Genomic Dark Matter Illuminated: Anopheles Y Chromosomes.

机构信息

Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.

出版信息

Trends Parasitol. 2016 Aug;32(8):585-587. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2016.05.008. Epub 2016 Jun 2.

DOI:10.1016/j.pt.2016.05.008

Abstract

Hall et al. have strategically used long-read sequencing technology to characterize the structure and highly repetitive content of the Y chromosome in Anopheles malaria mosquitoes. Their work confirms that this important but elusive heterochromatic sex chromosome is evolving extremely rapidly and harbors a remarkably small number of genes.

摘要

霍尔等人策略性地使用长读测序技术来描绘疟蚊 Y 染色体的结构和高度重复的内容。他们的工作证实，这个重要但难以捉摸的异染色质性染色体正在极其迅速地进化，并且拥有数量非常少的基因。