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ArticleGenome research2010

Copy number variation, chromosome rearrangement, and their association with recombination during avian evolution.

Martin Völker, Niclas Backström, Benjamin M Skinner, Elizabeth J Langley, Sydney K Bunzey, Hans Ellegren, Darren K Griffin

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Article in Genome research, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 92 papers.

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92 citing papers in PubMed, 158 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Martin VölkerSchool of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NJ, UK.
Niclas Backström
Benjamin M Skinner
Elizabeth J Langley
Sydney K Bunzey
Hans Ellegren
Darren K Griffin
University of Kent · GBUppsala University · SE

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/E010652/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBE010652/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/E024211/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chromosomal rearrangements and copy number variants (CNVs) play key roles in genome evolution and genetic disease; however, the molecular mechanisms underlying these types of structural genomic variation are not fully understood. The availability of complete genome sequences for two bird species, the chicken and the zebra finch, provides, for the first time, an ideal opportunity to analyze the relationship between structural genomic variation (chromosomal and CNV) and recombination on a genome-wide level. The aims of this study were therefore threefold: (1) to combine bioinformatics, physical mapping to produce comprehensive comparative maps of the genomes of chicken and zebra finch. In so doing, this allowed the identification of evolutionary chromosomal rearrangements distinguishing them. The previously reported interchromosomal conservation of synteny was confirmed, but a larger than expected number of intrachromosomal rearrangements were reported; (2) to hybridize zebra finch genomic DNA to a chicken tiling path microarray and identify CNVs in the zebra finch genome relative to chicken; 32 interspecific CNVs were identified; and (3) to test the hypothesis that there is an association between CNV, chromosomal rearrangements, and recombination by correlating data from (1) and (2) with recombination rate data from a high-resolution genetic linkage map of the zebra finch. We found a highly significant association of both chromosomal rearrangements and CNVs with elevated recombination rates. The results thus provide support for the notion of recombination-based processes playing a major role in avian genome evolution.

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DNA Copy Number VariationsEvolution, MolecularRecombination, GeneticTranslocation, GeneticAnimalsBirdsChickensChromosome MappingComparative Genomic HybridizationFemaleFinchesGenetic LinkageMaleOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisSynteny

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PMID20357050
PMCPMC2847753
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