%0 Journal Article %J Nature %D 2012 %T Strict evolutionary conservation followed rapid gene loss on human and rhesus Y chromosomes. %A Hughes, Jennifer F %A Skaletsky, Helen %A Brown, Laura G %A Pyntikova, Tatyana %A Graves, Tina %A Fulton, Robert S %A Dugan, Shannon %A Ding, Yan %A Buhay, Christian J %A Kremitzki, Colin %A Wang, Qiaoyan %A Shen, Hua %A Holder, Michael %A Villasana, Donna %A Nazareth, Lynne V %A Cree, Andrew %A Courtney, Laura %A Veizer, Joelle %A Kotkiewicz, Holland %A Cho, Ting-Jan %A Koutseva, Natalia %A Rozen, Steve %A Muzny, Donna M %A Warren, Wesley C %A Gibbs, Richard A %A Wilson, Richard K %A Page, David C %K Animals %K Chromosomes, Human, Y %K Conserved Sequence %K Crossing Over, Genetic %K Evolution, Molecular %K Gene Amplification %K Gene Deletion %K Humans %K In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence %K Macaca mulatta %K Male %K Models, Genetic %K Molecular Sequence Data %K Pan troglodytes %K Radiation Hybrid Mapping %K Selection, Genetic %K Time Factors %K Y Chromosome %X

The human X and Y chromosomes evolved from an ordinary pair of autosomes during the past 200-300 million years. The human MSY (male-specific region of Y chromosome) retains only three percent of the ancestral autosomes' genes owing to genetic decay. This evolutionary decay was driven by a series of five 'stratification' events. Each event suppressed X-Y crossing over within a chromosome segment or 'stratum', incorporated that segment into the MSY and subjected its genes to the erosive forces that attend the absence of crossing over. The last of these events occurred 30 million years ago, 5 million years before the human and Old World monkey lineages diverged. Although speculation abounds regarding ongoing decay and looming extinction of the human Y chromosome, remarkably little is known about how many MSY genes were lost in the human lineage in the 25 million years that have followed its separation from the Old World monkey lineage. To investigate this question, we sequenced the MSY of the rhesus macaque, an Old World monkey, and compared it to the human MSY. We discovered that during the last 25 million years MSY gene loss in the human lineage was limited to the youngest stratum (stratum 5), which comprises three percent of the human MSY. In the older strata, which collectively comprise the bulk of the human MSY, gene loss evidently ceased more than 25 million years ago. Likewise, the rhesus MSY has not lost any older genes (from strata 1-4) during the past 25 million years, despite its major structural differences to the human MSY. The rhesus MSY is simpler, with few amplified gene families or palindromes that might enable intrachromosomal recombination and repair. We present an empirical reconstruction of human MSY evolution in which each stratum transitioned from rapid, exponential loss of ancestral genes to strict conservation through purifying selection.

%B Nature %V 483 %P 82-6 %8 2012 Feb 22 %G eng %N 7387 %1 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22367542?dopt=Abstract %R 10.1038/nature10843 %0 Journal Article %J Science %D 2007 %T Evolutionary and biomedical insights from the rhesus macaque genome. %A Richard A Gibbs %A Jeffrey Rogers %A Katze, Michael G %A Bumgarner, Roger %A Weinstock, George M %A Mardis, Elaine R %A Remington, Karin A %A Strausberg, Robert L %A Venter, J Craig %A Wilson, Richard K %A Batzer, Mark A %A Bustamante, Carlos D %A Eichler, Evan E %A Hahn, Matthew W %A Hardison, Ross C %A Makova, Kateryna D %A Miller, Webb %A Milosavljevic, Aleksandar %A Palermo, Robert E %A Siepel, Adam %A Sikela, James M %A Attaway, Tony %A Bell, Stephanie %A Bernard, Kelly E %A Buhay, Christian J %A Chandrabose, Mimi N %A Dao, Marvin %A Davis, Clay %A Delehaunty, Kimberly D %A Ding, Yan %A Dinh, Huyen H %A Dugan-Rocha, Shannon %A Fulton, Lucinda A %A Gabisi, Ramatu Ayiesha %A Garner, Toni T %A Godfrey, Jennifer %A Hawes, Alicia C %A Hernandez, Judith %A Hines, Sandra %A Holder, Michael %A Hume, Jennifer %A Jhangiani, Shalini N %A Joshi, Vandita %A Ziad Khan %A Kirkness, Ewen F %A Cree, Andrew %A Fowler, R Gerald %A Lee, Sandra %A Lewis, Lora R %A Li, Zhangwan %A Liu, Yih-Shin %A Moore, Stephanie M %A Donna M Muzny %A Nazareth, Lynne V %A Ngo, Dinh Ngoc %A Okwuonu, Geoffrey O %A Pai, Grace %A Parker, David %A Paul, Heidie A %A Pfannkoch, Cynthia %A Pohl, Craig S %A Rogers, Yu-Hui %A Ruiz, San Juana %A Aniko Sabo %A Santibanez, Jireh %A Schneider, Brian W %A Smith, Scott M %A Sodergren, Erica %A Svatek, Amanda F %A Utterback, Teresa R %A Vattathil, Selina %A Warren, Wesley %A White, Courtney Sherell %A Chinwalla, Asif T %A Feng, Yucheng %A Halpern, Aaron L %A Hillier, LaDeana W %A Huang, Xiaoqiu %A Minx, Pat %A Nelson, Joanne O %A Pepin, Kymberlie H %A Xiang Qin %A Sutton, Granger G %A Venter, Eli %A Walenz, Brian P %A Wallis, John W %A Kim C Worley %A Yang, Shiaw-Pyng %A Jones, Steven M %A Marra, Marco A %A Rocchi, Mariano %A Schein, Jacqueline E %A Baertsch, Robert %A Clarke, Laura %A Csuros, Miklos %A Glasscock, Jarret %A R. Alan Harris %A Havlak, Paul %A Jackson, Andrew R %A Jiang, Huaiyang %A Liu, Yue %A Messina, David N %A Shen, Yufeng %A Song, Henry Xing-Zhi %A Wylie, Todd %A Zhang, Lan %A Birney, Ewan %A Han, Kyudong %A Konkel, Miriam K %A Lee, Jungnam %A Smit, Arian F A %A Ullmer, Brygg %A Wang, Hui %A Xing, Jinchuan %A Burhans, Richard %A Cheng, Ze %A Karro, John E %A Ma, Jian %A Raney, Brian %A She, Xinwei %A Cox, Michael J %A Demuth, Jeffery P %A Dumas, Laura J %A Han, Sang-Gook %A Hopkins, Janet %A Karimpour-Fard, Anis %A Kim, Young H %A Pollack, Jonathan R %A Vinar, Tomas %A Addo-Quaye, Charles %A Degenhardt, Jeremiah %A Denby, Alexandra %A Hubisz, Melissa J %A Indap, Amit %A Kosiol, Carolin %A Lahn, Bruce T %A Lawson, Heather A %A Marklein, Alison %A Nielsen, Rasmus %A Vallender, Eric J %A Clark, Andrew G %A Ferguson, Betsy %A Hernandez, Ryan D %A Hirani, Kashif %A Kehrer-Sawatzki, Hildegard %A Kolb, Jessica %A Patil, Shobha %A Pu, Ling-Ling %A Ren, Yanru %A Smith, David Glenn %A David A Wheeler %A Schenck, Ian %A Ball, Edward V %A Rui Chen %A Cooper, David N %A Giardine, Belinda %A Hsu, Fan %A Kent, W James %A Lesk, Arthur %A Nelson, David L %A O'brien, William E %A Prüfer, Kay %A Stenson, Peter D %A Wallace, James C %A Ke, Hui %A Liu, Xiao-Ming %A Wang, Peng %A Xiang, Andy Peng %A Yang, Fan %A Barber, Galt P %A Haussler, David %A Karolchik, Donna %A Kern, Andy D %A Kuhn, Robert M %A Smith, Kayla E %A Zwieg, Ann S %K Animals %K Biomedical Research %K Evolution, Molecular %K Female %K Gene Duplication %K Gene Rearrangement %K Genetic Diseases, Inborn %K Genetic Variation %K Genome %K Humans %K Macaca mulatta %K Male %K Multigene Family %K Mutation %K Pan troglodytes %K Sequence Analysis, DNA %K Species Specificity %X

The rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) is an abundant primate species that diverged from the ancestors of Homo sapiens about 25 million years ago. Because they are genetically and physiologically similar to humans, rhesus monkeys are the most widely used nonhuman primate in basic and applied biomedical research. We determined the genome sequence of an Indian-origin Macaca mulatta female and compared the data with chimpanzees and humans to reveal the structure of ancestral primate genomes and to identify evidence for positive selection and lineage-specific expansions and contractions of gene families. A comparison of sequences from individual animals was used to investigate their underlying genetic diversity. The complete description of the macaque genome blueprint enhances the utility of this animal model for biomedical research and improves our understanding of the basic biology of the species.

%B Science %V 316 %P 222-34 %8 2007 Apr 13 %G eng %N 5822 %1 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17431167?dopt=Abstract %R 10.1126/science.1139247