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Isodicentric Y Chromosomes and Sex Disorders as Byproducts of Homologous Recombination that Maintains Palindromes

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dc.contributor Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
dc.contributor Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
dc.contributor Page, David C.
dc.contributor Lange, Julian
dc.contributor Skaletsky, Helen
dc.contributor Brown, Laura G.
dc.creator Lange, Julian
dc.creator Skaletsky, Helen
dc.creator van Daalen, Saskia K.M.
dc.creator Embry, Stephanie L.
dc.creator Korver, Cindy M.
dc.creator Brown, Laura G.
dc.creator Oates, Robert D.
dc.creator Silber, Sherman
dc.creator Repping, Sjoerd
dc.creator Page, David C
dc.date 2015-03-31T17:31:00Z
dc.date 2015-03-31T17:31:00Z
dc.date 2009-09
dc.date 2009-07
dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-01T18:06:05Z
dc.date.available 2023-03-01T18:06:05Z
dc.identifier 00928674
dc.identifier 1097-4172
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96285
dc.identifier Lange, Julian, Helen Skaletsky, Saskia K.M. van Daalen, Stephanie L. Embry, Cindy M. Korver, Laura G. Brown, Robert D. Oates, Sherman Silber, Sjoerd Repping, and David C. Page. “Isodicentric Y Chromosomes and Sex Disorders as Byproducts of Homologous Recombination That Maintains Palindromes.” Cell 138, no. 5 (September 2009): 855–869. © 2009 Elsevier Inc.
dc.identifier https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9920-3411
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/278748
dc.description Massive palindromes in the human Y chromosome harbor mirror-image gene pairs essential for spermatogenesis. During evolution, these gene pairs have been maintained by intrapalindrome, arm-to-arm recombination. The mechanism of intrapalindrome recombination and risk of harmful effects are unknown. We report 51 patients with isodicentric Y (idicY) chromosomes formed by homologous crossing over between opposing arms of palindromes on sister chromatids. These ectopic recombination events occur at nearly all Y-linked palindromes. Based on our findings, we propose that intrapalindrome sequence identity is maintained via noncrossover pathways of homologous recombination. DNA double-strand breaks that initiate these pathways can be alternatively resolved by crossing over between sister chromatids to form idicY chromosomes, with clinical consequences ranging from spermatogenic failure to sex reversal and Turner syndrome. Our observations imply that crossover and noncrossover pathways are active in nearly all Y-linked palindromes, exposing an Achilles' heel in the mechanism that preserves palindrome-borne genes.
dc.description National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
dc.description Howard Hughes Medical Institute
dc.description Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research
dc.description University of Amsterdam. Academic Medical Center
dc.description Boehringer Ingelheim (Fellowship)
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dc.language en_US
dc.publisher Elsevier
dc.relation http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2009.07.042
dc.relation Cell
dc.rights Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.
dc.source Elsevier
dc.title Isodicentric Y Chromosomes and Sex Disorders as Byproducts of Homologous Recombination that Maintains Palindromes
dc.type Article
dc.type http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle


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