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. 2000 Jan;154(1):351–356. doi: 10.1093/genetics/154.1.351

Male-offspring-specific, haplotype-dependent, nonrandom cosegregation of alleles at loci on two mouse chromosomes.

F Pardo-Manuel de Villena 1, E de la Casa-Esperon 1, T L Briscoe 1, J M Malette 1, C Sapienza 1
PMCID: PMC1460885  PMID: 10628994

Abstract

F(1) backcrosses involving the DDK and C57BL/6 inbred mouse strains show transmission ratio distortion at loci on two different chromosomes, 11 and X. Transmission ratio distortion on chromosome X is restricted to female offspring while that on chromosome 11 is present in offspring of both sexes. In this article we investigate whether the inheritance of alleles at loci on one chromosome is independent of inheritance of alleles on the other. A strong nonrandom association between the inheritance of alleles at loci on both chromosomes is found among male offspring, while independent assortment occurs among female offspring. We also provide evidence that the mechanism by which this phenomenon occurs involves preferential cosegregation of nonparental chromatids of both chromosomes at the second meiotic division, after the ova has been fertilized by a C57BL/6 sperm bearing a Y chromosome. These observations confirm the influence of the sperm in the segregation of chromatids during female meiosis, and indicate that a locus or loci on the Y chromosome are involved in this instance of meiotic drive.

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