Genetics Selection Evolution (Nov 2001)

Characterization of <it>Bovidae </it>sex-determining gene <it>SRY</it>

  • Kudo Toshiyuki,
  • Jiang Yong,
  • Liu Jiangdong,
  • Liu Li,
  • Guo Yiqing,
  • Zhou Rongjia,
  • Shi Huifang,
  • Cheng Hanhua,
  • Sutou Shizuyo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1297-9686-33-6-687
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 33, no. 6
pp. 687 – 694

Abstract

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Abstract In mammals, testis determination is under the control of the sex-determining gene SRY. This Y-linked gene encodes a protein with a DNA binding domain similar to those found in high-mobility-group proteins. Here we report the cloning and sequences of the SRY genes of yak and Chinese native cattle. Our data show that SRY genes in Bovidae are less divergent, especially in the coding and 3' regions.

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