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S G Whittaker F K Zimmermann B Dicus W W Piegorsch S Fogel M A Resnick 《Mutation research》1989,224(1):31-78
The diploid yeast strain D61.M was used to study induction of mitotic chromosome loss. The test relies upon the uncovering and expression of multiple recessive markers reflecting the presumptive loss of the chromosome VII homologue carrying the corresponding wild-type alleles. The underlying 'loss event' is probably complex since the predicted centromere-linked lethal tetrad segregations for chromosome VII are not recovered. Instead, the homologue bearing the multiple recessive markers is patently homozygous. An interlaboratory study was performed in which 16 chemicals were tested under code in 2 laboratories. The results generated by the Berkeley and Darmstadt laboratories were in close agreement. Acetonitrile, ethyl acetate, 4-acetylpyridine, propionitrile and nocodazole were identified as potent inducers of mitotic chromosome loss. Acetone, dimethyl sulfoxide and 2-methoxyethyl acetate either elicited weak responses or yielded ambiguous results. Water, carbon tetrachloride, 4-fluoro-D,L-phenylalanine, amphotericin B, griseofulvin, cadmium chloride, ethyl methanesulfonate and methylmercury(II) chloride failed to induce chromosome loss. These data suggest that the system described herein represents a reliable assay for chemically induced chromosome loss in yeast. 相似文献
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Codon usage in the vertebrate hemoglobins and its implications 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
A study of codon usage in vertebrate hemoglobins revealed an evolutionary
trend toward elevated numbers of CpG codon boundary pairs in mammalian
hemoglobin alpha genes. Selection for CpG codon boundaries countering the
generally observed CpG suppression is strongly suggested by these data.
These observations parallel recently published experimental results that
indicate that constitutive expression of the human alpha-globin gene
appears to be determined by regulatory information encoded within the
structural gene. The possibility is raised that, in the absence of
selection, CpG decay can be used to date the evolutionary origin of a
mammalian alpha pseudogene from its active alpha gene.
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Evolution of crystallins: expression of lens-specific proteins in the blind mammals mole (Talpa europaea) and mole rat (Spalax ehrenbergi) 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
Quax-Jeuken Y; Bruisten S; Bloemendal H; de Jong WW; Nevo E 《Molecular biology and evolution》1985,2(4):279-288
The mole (Talpa europaea; Insectivora) and the mole rat (Spalax ehrenbergi;
Rodentia) both have degenerated eyes as a convergent adaptation to
subterranean life. The rudimentary eye lenses of these blind mammals no
longer function in a visual process. The crystallin genes, which display a
lens-specific expression pattern, were studied in these blind mammals and
in related species with normal eyes by hybridizing their genomic DNAs with
probes obtained from cDNA clones for alpha A-, alpha B-, and beta
Bp-crystallins from calf and gamma 3- crystallin from the rat. For all
crystallin genes examined, the hybridization signals of mole and mole rat
genomic DNA were comparable, respectively, with those of shrew and of rat
and mouse, normal-vision representatives of the orders Insectivora and
Rodentia. The expression of the crystallins at the protein level was tested
by using antiserum specific for alpha-crystallin in immunofluorescence
reactions on lens sections of mole and mole rat eyes and by using antisera
against the beta- and gamma-crystallins on sections of the mole eye. All
antisera gave positive fluorescence reactions exclusively with lens tissue
of these blind mammals, indicating that the crystallins are still normally
expressed despite the fact that these lenses have had no function in a
visual process in these mammals for at least many million years. These
findings apparently imply that some unknown selective advantage has
conserved the crystallin genes and their expression after the loss of
normal function of the lenses.
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In Drosophila pseudoobscura, the amylase (Amy) multigene family is
contained within a series of inversions, or gene arrangements, on the third
chromosome. The Standard (ST), Santa Cruz (SC), and Tree Line (TL)
inversions are central to the phylogeny of arrangements, and have clusters
of other arrangements derived from them. The gene arrangements belonging to
each of these three clusters have a characteristic number of Amy genes,
ranging from three in ST to two in SC to one in TL. This distribution
pattern can reflect a history of either duplications or deletions, although
the data available in the past did not permit a decision between these
alternatives. We provide unambiguous evidence that three Amy genes were
present before the divergence of the ST, SC, and TL arrangements. Thus, the
current status of the Amy multigene family is the result of deletions in
the TL and SC arrangements, which created three new pseudogenes: TL
Amy2-psi, TL Amy3-psi, and SC Amy3- psi. Analysis of pseudogene sequences
revealed that, in the SC and ST arrangements, pseudogene evolution has been
retarded, most likely due to the homogenization effect of gene conversion.
Finally, by determining the original copy number, we have reconstructed the
evolutionary history of the Amy multigene family and linked it with the
evolution of the central gene arrangements.
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The alpha-amylase (Amy) multigene family in Drosophila pseudoobscura is
located on the third chromosome, which is polymorphic for more than 40
inverted gene arrangements. The number of copies in this family ranges from
one to three, depending on the arrangement in question. A previous study of
the three Amy genes from the Standard (ST) arrangement suggested either
that duplicated copies (Amy2 and Amy3) are functionally constrained or that
they are undergoing gene conversion with Amy1. In order to elucidate
further the pattern of molecular evolution in this family, we cloned and
sequenced four additional Amy genes, two from the Santa Cruz (SC) and two
from the Chiricahua (CH) gene arrangement. Of the two alternatives, only
the hypothesis of gene conversion is supported by the sequence analysis.
The homogenization effect of gene conversion has been strongest in SC,
whose copies differ by only two nucleotides, less noticeable in ST, and
negligible in the CH. Furthermore, the action of gene conversion is
apparently localized, occurring only in the coding region. Interestingly,
these results concur with the findings of other workers for the duplicated
Amy genes in the Drosophila melanogaster group. Thus, the occurrence of
gene conversion in the Amy multigene family seems to be a common feature in
the Drosophila species studied so far.
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W W Piegorsch 《Biometrics》1990,46(4):915-924
R. A. Fisher is widely respected for his contributions to both statistics and genetics. For instance, his 1930 text on The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection remains a watershed contribution in that area. Fisher's subsequent research led him to study the work of (Johann) Gregor Mendel, the 19th century monk who first developed the basic principles of heredity with experiments on garden peas. In examining Mendel's original 1865 article, Fisher noted that the conformity between Mendel's reported and proposed (theoretical) ratios of segregating individuals was unusually good, "too good" perhaps. The resulting controversy as to whether Mendel "cooked" his data for presentation has continued to the current day. This review highlights Fisher's most salient points as regards Mendel's "too good" fit, within the context of Fisher's extensive contributions to the development of genetical and evolutionary theory. 相似文献
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Methods are presented for modeling dose-related effects in proportion data when extra-binomial variability is a concern. Motivation is taken from experiments in developmental toxicology, where similarity among conceptuses within a litter leads to intralitter correlations and to overdispersion in the observed proportions. Appeal is made to the well-known beta-binomial distribution to represent the overdispersion. From this, an exponential function of the linear predictor is used to model the dose-response relationship. The specification was introduced previously for econometric applications by Heckman and Willis; it induces a form of logistic regression for the mean response, together with a reciprocal biexponential model for the intralitter correlation. Large-sample, likelihood-based methods for estimating and testing the joint proportion-correlation response are studied. A developmental toxicity data set illustrates the methods. 相似文献
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When faced with proportion data that exhibit extra-binomial variation, data analysts often consider the beta-binomial distribution as an alternative model to the more common binomial distribution. A typical example occurs in toxicological experiments with laboratory animals, where binary observations on fetuses within a litter are often correlated with each other. In such instances, it may be of interest to test for the goodness of fit of the beta-binomial model; this effort is complicated, however, when there is large variability among the litter sizes. We investigate a recent goodness-of-fit test proposed by Brooks et al. (1997, Biometrics 53, 1097-1115) but find that it lacks the ability to distinguish between the beta-binomial model and some severely non-beta-binomial models. Other tests and models developed in their article are quite useful and interesting but are not examined herein. 相似文献
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Ingo Aldag Ulrike Bockau Jan Rossdorf Sven Laarmann Willem Raaben Lutz Herrmann Thomas Weide Marcus WW Hartmann 《BMC biotechnology》2011,11(1):11
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Tetrahymena thermophila possesses many attributes that render it an attractive host for the expression of recombinant proteins. Surface proteins from the parasites Ichthyophthirius multifiliis and Plasmodium falciparum and avian influenza virus antigen H5N1 were displayed on the cell membrane of this ciliate. Furthermore, it has been demonstrated that T. thermophila is also able to produce a functional human DNase I. The present study investigates the heterologous expression of the functional human intestinal alkaline phosphatase (hiAP) using T. thermophila and thereby presents a powerful tool for the optimization of the ciliate-based expression system. 相似文献10.
A primary objective in quantitative risk or safety assessment is characterization of the severity and likelihood of an adverse effect caused by a chemical toxin or pharmaceutical agent. In many cases data are not available at low doses or low exposures to the agent, and inferences at those doses must be based on the high-dose data. A modern method for making low-dose inferences is known as benchmark analysis, where attention centers on the dose at which a fixed benchmark level of risk is achieved. Both upper confidence limits on the risk and lower confidence limits on the "benchmark dose" are of interest. In practice, a number of possible benchmark risks may be under study; if so, corrections must be applied to adjust the limits for multiplicity. In this short note, we discuss approaches for doing so with quantal response data. 相似文献