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ArticlePloS one2017

Highly dynamic temporal changes of TSPY gene copy number in aging bulls.

Olutobi A Oluwole, Kiana Mahboubi, Laura A Favetta, Tamas Revay, Tom Kroetsch, William Allan King

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Article in PloS one, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Olutobi A OluwoleDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Kiana MahboubiDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Laura A FavettaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Tamas RevayDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Tom KroetschSemex, Guelph, ON, Canada.
William Allan KingDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
University of Guelph · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Y-chromosomal TSPY gene is one of the highest copy number mammalian protein coding gene and represents a unique biological model to study various aspects of genomic copy number variations. This study investigated the age-related copy number variability of the bovine TSPY gene, a new and unstudied aspect of the biology of TSPY that has been shown to vary among cattle breeds, individual bulls and somatic tissues. The subjects of this prospective 30-month long study were 25 Holstein bulls, sampled every six months. Real-time quantitative PCR was used to determine the relative TSPY copy number (rTSPY CN) and telomere length in the DNA samples extracted from blood. Twenty bulls showed an altered rTSPY CN after 30 months, although only 9 bulls showed a significant change (4 significant increase while 5 significant decrease, P<0.01). The sequential sampling provided the flow of rTSPY CN over six observations in 30 months and wide-spread variation of rTSPY CN was detected. Although a clear trend of the direction of change was not identifiable, the highly dynamic changes of individual rTSPY CN in aging bulls were observed here for the first time. In summary we have observed a highly variable rTSPY CN in bulls over a short period of time. Our results suggest the importance of further long term studies of the dynamics of rTSPY CN variablility.

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Gene DosageAgingAnimalsCattleCell Cycle ProteinsMaleCell Cycle Proteins

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PMID28552978
PMCPMC5446161
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