Good Morning:

You may be interested in using the current human genome assembly GRCh37 which
has a better estimate of the construction of the chrY.  That genome indicates
gaps on chrY, with a single centromere annotated:

#chrom  chromStart      chromEnd        type    bridge
chrY    0       10000   telomere        no
chrY    44821   94821   contig  no
chrY    181384  231384  contig  no
chrY    997557  1047557 contig  no
chrY    1084113 1134113 contig  no
chrY    1214234 1264234 contig  no
chrY    2018238 2068238 contig  no
chrY    8914955 8964955 contig  no
chrY    9241322 9291322 contig  no
chrY    10104553        13104553        centromere      no
chrY    13143954        13193954        contig  no
chrY    13748578        13798578        contig  no
chrY    20143885        20193885        clone   yes
chrY    22369679        22419679        clone   yes
chrY    23901428        23951428        contig  no
chrY    28819361        58819361        heterochromatin no
chrY    58917656        58967656        contig  no
chrY    59363566        59373566        telomere        no

The GRCh37 genome assembly (2009) is the next version of the assembly from 
NCBI36 (2006).

--Hiram

J. Rodrigo Flores wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to get confident coordinates for the Y human centromere (NCBI36)
> and have found that there are two pairs of coordinates whereas for the rest
> chromosomes only one pair is present. Could anyone clarify me this please.
> I'm sorry if this just reflects some ignorance about the Y chr
> particularities. I followed these instructions and come up with the next
> table.
> 
> http://genome.ucsc.edu/FAQ/FAQtracks.html#tracks20
> 
> #filter: chr1_gap.type = 'centromere'
> #bin  chrom   chromStart      chromEnd        ix      n       size    type    
> bridge
> 10    chrY    11253954        11653954        106     N       400000  
> centromere      no
> 678   chrY    12208578        12308578        111     N       100000  
> centromere      no
> 
> Also, judging based on the graphic display of the Y in the genome browser
> it seems the centromere spans not only the two regions but the part in
> between as weel.
> Many thanks in advance,
> 
> J. Rodrigo Flores
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