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Sex ratio distortion in bovine sperm correlates to recombination in the pseudoautosomal region

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2000

JOANNA SZYDA
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Genetics, Wrocław Agricultural University, Kożuchowska 7, 51-631 Wrocław, Poland
HENNER SIMIANER
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Husbandry and Animal Breeding, Animal Genetics Group, University of Hohenheim (470/HG), 70593 Stuttgart, Germany
SIGBJØRN LIEN
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, Agricultural University of Norway, 1432 Ås, Norway

Abstract

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A total of 2122 single sperm from 35 bulls belonging to six different paternal half-sib groups were analysed with respect to two markers in the bovine pseudoautosomal region (PAR) and sex- specific loci on the X and Y chromosomes, respectively. A segregation ratio significantly different from 1[ratio ]1 was observed in a test over all families, with a higher proportion of X-bearing gametes (53·5%). The analysis of recombination conducted separately for X- and Y-bearing sperm showed that X-bearing sperm cells possess highly significant individual and between-family variability in recombination rate, whereas Y-bearing sperm show linkage homogeneity. To test whether the two phenomena are related, different logistic regression models were fitted to the data. The results show that sex ratio significantly correlates with changes in recombination rate among X-bearing but not among Y-bearing sperm. Different hypotheses to explain these observations are discussed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press