Concerted evolution of the tandemly repeated genes encoding human U2 snRNA (the RNU2 locus) involves rapid intrachromosomal homogenization and rare interchromosomal gene conversion
Liao D, Pavelitz T, Kidd J, Kidd K, Weiner A. Concerted evolution of the tandemly repeated genes encoding human U2 snRNA (the RNU2 locus) involves rapid intrachromosomal homogenization and rare interchromosomal gene conversion. The EMBO Journal 1997, 16: 588-598. PMID: 9034341, PMCID: PMC1169662, DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.3.588.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBase SequenceChromosomesCloning, MolecularDNA, SatelliteElectrophoresis, Agar GelEvolution, MolecularGenetic MarkersHaplotypesHumansLinkage DisequilibriumMolecular Sequence DataPedigreePolymorphism, GeneticPolymorphism, Restriction Fragment LengthPrimatesRecombination, GeneticRepetitive Sequences, Nucleic AcidRNA, Small NuclearSequence AnalysisConceptsU2 tandem arrayTandem arraysConcerted evolutionIntrachromosomal homogenizationU2 snRNAInterchromosomal gene conversionHuman U2 snRNARepeat unitsGenetic exchangeU2 genesGene conversionChromosome lineagesIndependent assortmentFlanking markersDiverse panelGenesMicrosatellite polymorphismSnRNACT alleleSacISacI polymorphismPolymorphismAllelesChromatid exchangesPrimary driving force