TY - JOUR
T1 - Eighty million years of rapid evolution of the primate Y chromosome
AU - Zhou, Yang
AU - Zhan, Xiaoyu
AU - Jin, Jiazheng
AU - Zhou, Long
AU - Bergman, Juraj
AU - Li, Xuemei
AU - Rousselle, Marjolaine Marie C.
AU - Belles, Meritxell Riera
AU - Zhao, Lan
AU - Fang, Miaoquan
AU - Chen, Jiawei
AU - Fang, Qi
AU - Kuderna, Lukas
AU - Marques-Bonet, Tomas
AU - Kitayama, Haruka
AU - Hayakawa, Takashi
AU - Yao, Yong Gang
AU - Yang, Huanming
AU - Cooper, David N.
AU - Qi, Xiaoguang
AU - Wu, Dong Dong
AU - Schierup, Mikkel Heide
AU - Zhang, Guojie
PY - 2023/7
Y1 - 2023/7
N2 - The Y chromosome usually plays a critical role in determining male sex and comprises sequence classes that have experienced unique evolutionary trajectories. Here we generated 19 new primate sex chromosome assemblies, analysed them with 10 existing assemblies and report rapid evolution of the Y chromosome across primates. The pseudoautosomal boundary has shifted at least six times during primate evolution, leading to the formation of a Simiiformes-specific evolutionary stratum and to the independent start of young strata in Catarrhini and Platyrrhini. Different primate lineages experienced different rates of gene loss and structural and chromatin change on their Y chromosomes. Selection on several Y-linked genes has contributed to the evolution of male developmental traits across the primates. Additionally, lineage-specific expansions of ampliconic regions have further increased the diversification of the structure and gene composition of the Y chromosome. Overall, our comprehensive analysis has broadened our knowledge of the evolution of the primate Y chromosome.
AB - The Y chromosome usually plays a critical role in determining male sex and comprises sequence classes that have experienced unique evolutionary trajectories. Here we generated 19 new primate sex chromosome assemblies, analysed them with 10 existing assemblies and report rapid evolution of the Y chromosome across primates. The pseudoautosomal boundary has shifted at least six times during primate evolution, leading to the formation of a Simiiformes-specific evolutionary stratum and to the independent start of young strata in Catarrhini and Platyrrhini. Different primate lineages experienced different rates of gene loss and structural and chromatin change on their Y chromosomes. Selection on several Y-linked genes has contributed to the evolution of male developmental traits across the primates. Additionally, lineage-specific expansions of ampliconic regions have further increased the diversification of the structure and gene composition of the Y chromosome. Overall, our comprehensive analysis has broadened our knowledge of the evolution of the primate Y chromosome.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41559-022-01974-x
DO - 10.1038/s41559-022-01974-x
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 37268856
AN - SCOPUS:85160816362
SN - 2397-334X
VL - 7
SP - 1114
EP - 1130
JO - Nature Ecology & Evolution
JF - Nature Ecology & Evolution
IS - 7
ER -