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Article

Evolution of a Multiple Sex-Chromosome System by Three-Sequential Translocations among Potential Sex-Chromosomes in the Taiwanese Frog Odorrana swinhoana

by
Ikuo Miura
1,2,*,
Foyez Shams
2,
Si-Min Lin
1,3,
Marcelo de Bello Cioffi
4,
Thomas Liehr
5,
Ahmed Al-Rikabi
5,
Chiao Kuwana
6,
Kornsorn Srikulnath
1,7,
Yuya Higaki
6 and
Tariq Ezaz
1,2
1
Amphibian Research Center, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
2
Center for Conservation Ecology and Genomics, University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
3
School of Life Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, No. 88, Sec. 4, Tingzhou Road, Tapei 116, Taiwan
4
Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos 13565-090, SP, Brazil
5
Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital Jena, Am Klinikum 1, 07747 Jena, Germany
6
Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, 1-4-4 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan
7
Department of Genetics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngam Wong Wan, Lat Yao, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Cells 2021, 10(3), 661; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10030661
Submission received: 24 February 2021 / Revised: 13 March 2021 / Accepted: 15 March 2021 / Published: 16 March 2021
(This article belongs to the Collection Non-human Chromosome Analysis)
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Abstract

Translocation between sex-chromosomes and autosomes generates multiple sex-chromosome systems. It happens unexpectedly, and therefore, the evolutionary meaning is not clear. The current study shows a multiple sex chromosome system comprising three different chromosome pairs in a Taiwanese brown frog (Odorrana swinhoana). The male-specific three translocations created a system of six sex-chromosomes, ♂X1Y1X2Y2X3Y3-♀X1X1X2X2X3X3. It is unique in that the translocations occurred among three out of the six members of potential sex-determining chromosomes, which are known to be involved in sex-chromosome turnover in frogs, and the two out of three include orthologs of the sex-determining genes in mammals, birds and fishes. This rare case suggests sex-specific, nonrandom translocations and thus provides a new viewpoint for the evolutionary meaning of the multiple sex chromosome system.
Keywords: fusion; autosome; hexavalent; sex-chromosome turnover fusion; autosome; hexavalent; sex-chromosome turnover
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Miura, I.; Shams, F.; Lin, S.-M.; de Bello Cioffi, M.; Liehr, T.; Al-Rikabi, A.; Kuwana, C.; Srikulnath, K.; Higaki, Y.; Ezaz, T. Evolution of a Multiple Sex-Chromosome System by Three-Sequential Translocations among Potential Sex-Chromosomes in the Taiwanese Frog Odorrana swinhoana. Cells 2021, 10, 661. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10030661

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Miura I, Shams F, Lin S-M, de Bello Cioffi M, Liehr T, Al-Rikabi A, Kuwana C, Srikulnath K, Higaki Y, Ezaz T. Evolution of a Multiple Sex-Chromosome System by Three-Sequential Translocations among Potential Sex-Chromosomes in the Taiwanese Frog Odorrana swinhoana. Cells. 2021; 10(3):661. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10030661

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Miura, Ikuo, Foyez Shams, Si-Min Lin, Marcelo de Bello Cioffi, Thomas Liehr, Ahmed Al-Rikabi, Chiao Kuwana, Kornsorn Srikulnath, Yuya Higaki, and Tariq Ezaz. 2021. "Evolution of a Multiple Sex-Chromosome System by Three-Sequential Translocations among Potential Sex-Chromosomes in the Taiwanese Frog Odorrana swinhoana" Cells 10, no. 3: 661. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10030661

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Miura, I., Shams, F., Lin, S.-M., de Bello Cioffi, M., Liehr, T., Al-Rikabi, A., Kuwana, C., Srikulnath, K., Higaki, Y., & Ezaz, T. (2021). Evolution of a Multiple Sex-Chromosome System by Three-Sequential Translocations among Potential Sex-Chromosomes in the Taiwanese Frog Odorrana swinhoana. Cells, 10(3), 661. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10030661

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