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Transmission ratio distortion (TRD) is a property of complete t haplotypes which results in the preferential transmission of the t haplotype chromosome from heterozygous t/+ males to the majority of the offspring. A candidate gene for one of the primary genetic elements in TRD, the t complex responder locus has recently been suggested to be Tcp-10b t. There are multiple, functional Tcp-10 t genes, but genetic data suggest the presence of the Tcp-10a t gene alone is compatible with normal transmission ratios. Here we present the complete sequence and genomic structure of the Tcp-10a t gene which is compared with sequence data from a number of cDNAs and genomic subclones representing all active Tcp-10 t family genes. A detailed table of all sequence variants discovered in the course of our investigation is presented, and we have clarified the extent of 5′ untranslated alternative splicing patterns exhibited by this gene family. A 60 base pair (bp) in-frame deletion from the 5′ end of exon 3 of the Tcp-10a t gene is also presented and compared with the equivalent region of Tcp-10b t and Tcp-10c t. A search of the University of Edinburgh database has revealed a significant homology between the Tcp-10b t open reading frame and several cytosolic filament proteins. Interestingly, the region of homology is involved in the deletion from the Tcp-10a t gene.
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Davies, P.O., Willison, K.R. Sequence of the t complex Tcp-10a t gene and examination of the Tcp-10 t gene family. Mammalian Genome 1, 235–241 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00352330
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