Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol 15, 854-870, Copyright © 1998 by Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
AL Hughes
There are 10 gene families that have members on both human chromosome 6
(6p21.3, the location of the human major histocompatibility complex [MHC])
and human chromosome 9 (mostly 9q33-34). Six of these families also have
members on mouse chromosome 17 (the mouse MHC chromosome) and mouse
chromosome 2. In addition, four of these families have members on human
chromosome 1 (1q21-25 and 1p13), and two of these have members on mouse
chromosome 1. One hypothesis to explain these patterns is that members of
the 10 gene families of human chromosomes 6 and 9 were duplicated
simultaneously as a result of polyploidization or duplication of a
chromosome segment ("block duplication"). A subsequent block duplication
has been proposed to account for the presence of representatives of four of
these families on human chromosome 1. Phylogenetic analyses of the 9 gene
families for which data were available decisively rejected the hypothesis
of block duplication as an overall explanation of these patterns. Three to
five of the genes on human chromosomes 6 and 9 probably duplicated
simultaneously early in vertebrate history, prior to the divergence of
jawed and jawless vertebrates, and shortly after that, all four of the
genes on chromosomes 1 and 9 probably duplicated as a block. However, the
other genes duplicated at different times scattered over at least 1.6
billion years. Since the occurrence of these clusters of related genes
cannot be explained by block duplication, one alternative explanation is
that they cluster together because of shared functional characteristics
relating to expression patterns.
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Phylogenetic tests of the hypothesis of block duplication of homologous genes on human chromosomes 6, 9, and 1
Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16803, USA. austin@hugaus3.bio.psu.edu
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