Mouse tetrad analysis provides insights into recombination mechanisms and hotspot evolutionary dynamics Journal Article
| Authors: | Cole, F.; Baudat, F.; Grey, C.; Keeney, S.; de Massy, B.; Jasin, M. |
| Article Title: | Mouse tetrad analysis provides insights into recombination mechanisms and hotspot evolutionary dynamics |
| Abstract: | The ability to examine all chromatids from a single meiosis in yeast tetrads has been indispensable for defining the mechanisms of homologous recombination initiated by DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). Using a broadly applicable strategy for the analysis of chromatids from a single meiosis at two recombination hotspots in mouse oocytes and spermatocytes, we demonstrate here the unidirectional transfer of information-gene conversion-in both crossovers and noncrossovers. Whereas gene conversion in crossovers is associated with reciprocal exchange, the unbroken chromatid is not altered in noncrossover gene conversion events, providing strong evidence that noncrossovers arise from a distinct pathway. Gene conversion frequently spares the binding site of the hotspot-specifying protein PRDM9, with the result that erosion of the hotspot is slowed. Thus, mouse tetrad analysis demonstrates how unique aspects of mammalian recombination mechanisms shape hotspot evolutionary dynamics. |
| Keywords: | genetics; chromosome; oocyte; spermatocyte; animal; cytology; meiosis; metabolism; animals; oocytes; spermatocytes; biological model; mice, inbred c57bl; c57bl mouse; evolution, molecular; mice, inbred strains; gene conversion; genetic recombination; molecular evolution; histone-lysine n-methyltransferase; recombination, genetic; models, genetic; crossing over; crossing over, genetic; histone lysine methyltransferase; chromosomes, mammalian; mice, inbred dba; dba mouse; male; female; inbred mouse strain; prdm9 protein, mouse; southwestern blotting; blotting, southwestern |
| Journal Title: | Nature Genetics |
| Volume: | 46 |
| Issue: | 10 |
| ISSN: | 1061-4036 |
| Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
| Date Published: | 2014-10-01 |
| Start Page: | 1072 |
| End Page: | 1080 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1038/ng.3068 |
| PUBMED: | 25151354 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PMCID: | PMC4207963 |
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| Notes: | Export Date: 2 March 2015 -- Source: Scopus |
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