2011
Duplicated Gene Evolution of the Primate Alcohol Dehydrogenase Family
Oota H, Oota H, Kidd K. Duplicated Gene Evolution of the Primate Alcohol Dehydrogenase Family. Primatology Monographs 2011, 149-161. DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-54011-3_9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSequence similarityCopy number variationsSame speciesAmino acid sequence similarityNumber variationsADH gene familySouthern hybridization dataAlcohol dehydrogenase familyClass I genesGene evolutionGene familyGenome databaseGene conversionShares 60Old World monkeysMultiple duplicationsDehydrogenase familyEnzyme familyI geneHybridization dataHigh similarityGenesBiochemical propertiesWorld monkeysAlcohol dehydrogenase enzyme
1997
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