| First Author | Bullejos M | Year | 2000 |
| Journal | Cytogenet Cell Genet | Volume | 88 |
| Issue | 1-2 | Pages | 30-4 |
| PubMed ID | 10773660 | Mgi Jnum | J:61554 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:1355160 | Doi | 10.1159/000015479 |
| Citation | Bullejos M, et al. (2000) The SRY gene HMG-box in micro- and megabats. Cytogenet Cell Genet 88(1-2):30-4 |
| abstractText | Sex determination in mammals is controlled by the Y-linked SRY gene, which encodes a transcription factor with a DNA-binding motif of the HMG type. The only conserved region in this gene is the HMG-box, whose nucleotide sequence is currently available in a number of mammalian taxa. However, nothing is known about this gene in bats. Here, we report partial sequences of the SRY HMG-box from four microbat and four megabat species. We used the SRY HMG- box sequences from micro- and megabats to test the phylogenetic relationships between microbats, megabats, and primates. In maximum parsimony and maximum-likelihood trees, mega- and microbat branches start in the same internal node, which is consistent with a monophyletic origin of this mammalian group. Copyright 2000 S. Karger AG, Basel |
