Downloaded from genome.cshlp.org on October 5, 2021 - Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press Evolutionary history of novel genes on the tammar wallaby Y chromosome: implications for sex chromosome evolution Veronica J. Murtagh1,2, Denis O’Meally1,9, Natasha Sankovic1,2,3, Margaret L. Delbridge1,2, Yoko Kuroki4, Jeffrey L. Boore5, Atsushi Toyoda6, Kristen S. Jordan1, Andrew J. Pask2,3,7, Marilyn B. Renfree2,3, Asao Fujiyama6,8, Jennifer A. Marshall Graves1,2,3 and Paul D. Waters1,2§ 1 Evolution, Ecology and Genetics, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia 2 ARC Centre of Excellence for Kangaroo Genomics 3 Department of Zoology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia 4 RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, Immunogenomics, Yokohama, Japan 5 Genome Project Solutions, 1024 Promenade Street, Hercules, California, 94547 USA and DOE Joint Genome Institute, 2800 Mitchell Drive, Walnut Creek, CA 94598 USA 6 National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan 7 Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06260, USA 8 National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan 9 Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia §Corresponding author Evolution, Ecology and Genetics, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, GPO Box 475, ACT 2601 Canberra, Australia e-mail:
[email protected] phone: +61-2-6125 2371 fax: +61-2-6125 8525 - 1 - Downloaded from genome.cshlp.org on October 5, 2021 - Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press keywords: Y chromosome, Comparative genomics, Marsupials, X chromosome - 2 - Downloaded from genome.cshlp.org on October 5, 2021 - Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press Abstract We report here the isolation and sequencing of ten Y-specific tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) BAC clones, revealing five hitherto undescribed tammar wallaby Y genes (in addition to the five genes already described) and several pseudogenes.