Jennifer F Hughes

Summary

Affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Sequencing of rhesus macaque Y chromosome clarifies origins and evolution of the DAZ (Deleted in AZoospermia) genes
    Jennifer F Hughes
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Whitehead Institute, and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
    Bioessays 34:1035-44. 2012
  2. ncbi Genomics and genetics of human and primate y chromosomes
    Jennifer F Hughes
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Whitehead Institute, and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
    Annu Rev Genomics Hum Genet 13:83-108. 2012
  3. ncbi Strict evolutionary conservation followed rapid gene loss on human and rhesus Y chromosomes
    Jennifer F Hughes
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA
    Nature 483:82-6. 2012
  4. ncbi Conservation of Y-linked genes during human evolution revealed by comparative sequencing in chimpanzee
    Jennifer F Hughes
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Whitehead Institute, and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA
    Nature 437:100-3. 2005
  5. ncbi Chimpanzee and human Y chromosomes are remarkably divergent in structure and gene content
    Jennifer F Hughes
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Whitehead Institute, and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA
    Nature 463:536-9. 2010

Research Grants

  1. Sequencing the Chimpanzee Y Chromosome
    Jennifer Hughes; Fiscal Year: 2005

Detail Information

Publications5

  1. ncbi Sequencing of rhesus macaque Y chromosome clarifies origins and evolution of the DAZ (Deleted in AZoospermia) genes
    Jennifer F Hughes
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Whitehead Institute, and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
    Bioessays 34:1035-44. 2012
    ..Editor's suggested further reading in BioEssays Should Y stay or should Y go: The evolution of non-recombining sex chromosomes Abstract...
  2. ncbi Genomics and genetics of human and primate y chromosomes
    Jennifer F Hughes
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Whitehead Institute, and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
    Annu Rev Genomics Hum Genet 13:83-108. 2012
    ..The future sequencing of additional Y chromosomes will provide a basis for a more comprehensive understanding of the evolution of Y chromosomes and their roles in reproductive biology...
  3. ncbi Strict evolutionary conservation followed rapid gene loss on human and rhesus Y chromosomes
    Jennifer F Hughes
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA
    Nature 483:82-6. 2012
    ..We present an empirical reconstruction of human MSY evolution in which each stratum transitioned from rapid, exponential loss of ancestral genes to strict conservation through purifying selection...
  4. ncbi Conservation of Y-linked genes during human evolution revealed by comparative sequencing in chimpanzee
    Jennifer F Hughes
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Whitehead Institute, and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA
    Nature 437:100-3. 2005
    ..Gene decay in the chimpanzee lineage might be a consequence of positive selection focused elsewhere on the Y chromosome and driven by sperm competition...
  5. ncbi Chimpanzee and human Y chromosomes are remarkably divergent in structure and gene content
    Jennifer F Hughes
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Whitehead Institute, and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA
    Nature 463:536-9. 2010
    ..Although genetic decay may be the principal dynamic in the evolution of newly emergent Y chromosomes, wholesale renovation is the paramount theme in the continuing evolution of chimpanzee, human and perhaps other older MSYs...

Research Grants1

  1. Sequencing the Chimpanzee Y Chromosome
    Jennifer Hughes; Fiscal Year: 2005
    ..However, because of several unique challenges posed by the Y chromosome, a dedicated effort will be required to obtain a complete and accurate sequence of this distinctive region of the chimpanzee genome. ..