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Recombination rates across the HLA complex: use of microsatellites as a rapid screen for recombinant chromosomes
Laboratory of Viral Carcinogenesis National Cancer Institute Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center Frederick, MD 21702, USA 1Biological Carcinogenesis and Development Program, PRI/DynCorp, National Cancer Institute Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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Received October 19, 1994; Revised December 14, 1994; Accepted December 14, 1994
Meiotic recombination does not appear to occur randomly across chromosomes, but rather seems to be restricted to specific regions. A striking example of this phenomenon is illustrated by the HLA class II region. No recombination within the 100 kb encompassing the DRB1-DQA1-DQB1 loci has been reported, whereas the random association of TAP1 with TAP2 alleles suggests the presence of a hotspot for recombination within the 15 kb separating the closest variant sites of these two loci. Recombination rates between loci may provide clues to the functional properties of haplotypes. Absence of recombination may suggest the necessity to keep alleles of certain genes in phase and, alternatively, high recombination rates may suggest selective pressure to diversify haplotypes within the population. To address this issue, recombination rates across the HLA complex were determined using the 59 Centre d'Etude Polymorphisme Humain (CEPH) pedigrees. The allele frequencies of four microsatellite markers which map at sites ranging from the telomeric to centromeric ends of the complex were determined and the markers were used as a rapid means for identification of recombinant chromosomes. Typing these as well as other polymorphic loci within the HLA class I, II and III regions allowed assignment of the segments where recombination occurred. Recombination rates within the class II region (defined here as DRB1 to DPB1) and class III region (defined here as HLA-B to DRB1) regions were 0.74% and 0.94%, respectively, both of which are within an expected range given the standard of 1% recombination rate per megabase of DNA per meiosis. The recombination rate of 0.31% determined within the class I region extending from the HLA-A to HLA-B loci (1.4 Mb), however, was significantly lower than that expected.
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