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Rates of DNA sequence evolution are not sex-biased in Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
To determine whether male- or female-biased mutation rates have affected
the molecular evolution of Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans, we
calculated the male-to-female ratio of germline cell divisions ([symbol:
see text]) from germline generation data and the male-to-female ratio of
mutation rate ([symbol: see text]) by comparing chromosomal levels of
nucleotide divergence. We found that the ratio of germline cell divisions
changes from indicating a weak female bias to indicating a weak male bias
as the age of reproduction increases. The range of [symbol: see text]
values that we observed, however, does not lead us to expect much, if any,
difference in mutation rate between the sexes. Silent and intron nucleotide
divergence were compared between nine loci on the X chromosome and nine
loci on the second and third chromosomes. The average levels of nucleotide
divergence were not significantly different across the chromosomes,
although both silent and intron sites show a trend toward slightly more
divergence on the X. These results indicate a lack of sex- or
chromosome-biased molecular evolution in D. melanogaster and D. simulans.
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Hull MG Evers JL 《BMJ (Clinical research ed.)》1999,318(7189):1007; author reply 1008-1007; author reply 1009
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Regular distribution of ivermectin reduces onchocerciasis transmission and morbidity by killing, within humans, the microfilarial stage of the parasite (microfilaricidal effect). In addition, ivermectin exerts a so-called embryostatic effect by which microfilarial production by the adult female worm becomes suppressed during a number of weeks after treatment. To assess the overall effect of ivermectin on onchocerciasis transmission and evaluate the likelihood of local elimination of the infection it is important to estimate the magnitude of the anti-fertility effect over the course of a treatment programme. Estimates of the effect of repeated drug treatments on the production of microfilariae by adult Onchocerca volvulus were obtained by developing a model that was fitted to data collected from three hyperendemic communities in Guatemala, where eligible residents received ivermectin twice per year for two and a half years. The data consist of microfilarial load measurements in the skin, collected just before each six-monthly treatment during the programme. The model that is developed describes the dynamics of an individual host's expected microfilarial load over the 30-month study period. We adopt a Bayesian approach and use Markov chain Monte Carlo (McMC) techniques to fit the model to the data. Combining estimates from the three villages, average microfilarial production in the first six months post-treatment was reduced by ~64% of its pre-treatment level, regardless of values chosen for the pre-ivermectin fertility rate within plausible ranges. Increased adult worm death rate after treatment (to mimic removal of macrofilariae via nodulectomy during the programme) resulted in a smaller estimated magnitude of the embryostatic effect (rate of microfilarial production was reduced by ~58% of pre-ivermectin value). After subsequent treatments, the rate of microfilarial production appeared to be similarly decreased. The data and analyses therefore do not support the hypothesis of a cumulative effect of multiple ivermectin treatments on microfilarial production by female worms. 相似文献
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Lukoye D Cobelens FG Ezati N Kirimunda S Adatu FE Lule JK Nuwaha F Joloba ML 《PloS one》2011,6(1):e16130
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Drug resistance among tuberculosis patients in sub-Saharan Africa is increasing, possibly due to association with HIV infection. We studied drug resistance and HIV infection in a representative sample of 533 smear-positive tuberculosis patients diagnosed in Kampala, Uganda.Methods/Principal Findings
Among 473 new patients, multidrug resistance was found in 5 (1.1%, 95% CI 0.3–2.5) and resistance to any drug in 57 (12.1%, 9.3–15.3). Among 60 previously treated patients this was 7 (11.7%, 4.8–22.6) and 17 (28.3%; 17.5–41.4), respectively. Of 517 patients with HIV results, 165 (31.9%, 27.9–36.1) tested positive. Neither multidrug (adjusted odds ratio (ORadj) 0.7; 95% CI 0.19–2.6) nor any resistance (ORadj 0.7; 0.43–1.3) was associated with HIV status. Primary resistance to any drug was more common among patients who had worked in health care (ORadj 3.5; 1.0–12.0).Conclusion/Significance
Anti-tuberculosis drug resistance rates in Kampala are low and not associated with HIV infection, but may be associated with exposure during health care. 相似文献12.
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Analysis of current recordings from acetylcholine-activated channels has largely rested so far on the hypothesis of independence, which states that the opening of one channel does not influence that of its neighbors. We have submitted this assumption to several tests, using as experimental material single channel currents from rat myotubes. We found that, even though the distribution of multiple channel openings may be approximated by the Poisson law, openings are strongly coupled. This conclusion is derived from the analysis of two-time properties associated with patch-clamp data. We show how these properties, which contain more detailed information than the stationary probabilities, can be calculated in practice and why a Poisson analysis is misleading in the present case. The implications of our findings are finally discussed in terms of channel structure and function. 相似文献
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One of the most useful features of molecular phylogenetic analyses is the potential for estimating dates of divergence of
evolutionary lineages from the DNA of extant species. But lineage-specific variation in rate of molecular evolution complicates
molecular dating, because a calibration rate estimated from one lineage may not be an accurate representation of the rate
in other lineages. Many molecular dating studies use a ``clock test' to identify and exclude sequences that vary in rate
between lineages. However, these clock tests should not be relied upon without a critical examination of their effectiveness
at removing rate variable sequences from any given data set, particularly with regard to the sequence length and number of
variable sites. As an illustration of this problem we present a power test of a frequently employed triplet relative rates
test. We conclude that (1) relative rates tests are unlikely to detect moderate levels of lineage-specific rate variation
(where one lineage has a rate of molecular evolution 1.5 to 4.0 times the other) for most commonly used sequences in molecular
dating analyses, and (2) this lack of power is likely to result in substantial error in the estimation of dates of divergence.
As an example, we show that the well-studied rate difference between murid rodents and great apes will not be detected for
many of the sequences used to date the divergence between these two lineages and that this failure to detect rate variation
is likely to result in consistent overestimation the date of the rodent–primate split.
Received: 9 June 1999 / Accepted: 22 October 1999 相似文献
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