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Hine E Lachish S Higgie M Blows MW 《Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society》2002,269(1506):2215-2219
In many species, females display preferences for extreme male signal traits, but it has not been determined if such preferences evolve as a consequence of females gaining genetic benefits from exercising choice. If females prefer extreme male traits because they indicate male genetic quality that will enhance the fitness of offspring, a genetic correlation will evolve between female preference genes and genes that confer offspring fitness. We show that females of Drosophila serrata prefer extreme male cuticular hydrocarbon (CHC) blends, and that this preference affects offspring fitness. Female preference is positively genetically correlated with offspring fitness, indicating that females have gained genetic benefits from their choice of males. Despite male CHCs experiencing strong sexual selection, the genes underlying attractive CHCs also conferred lower offspring fitness, suggesting a balance between sexual selection and natural selection may have been reached in this population. 相似文献
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Gonder MK Mortensen HM Reed FA de Sousa A Tishkoff SA 《Molecular biology and evolution》2007,24(3):757-768
Studies of human mitochondrial (mt) DNA genomes demonstrate that the root of the human phylogenetic tree occurs in Africa. Although 2 mtDNA lineages with an African origin (haplogroups M and N) were the progenitors of all non-African haplogroups, macrohaplogroup L (including haplogroups L0-L6) is limited to sub-Saharan Africa. Several L haplogroup lineages occur most frequently in eastern Africa (e.g., L0a, L0f, L5, and L3g), but some are specific to certain ethnic groups, such as haplogroup lineages L0d and L0k that previously have been found nearly exclusively among southern African "click" speakers. Few studies have included multiple mtDNA genome samples belonging to haplogroups that occur in eastern and southern Africa but are rare or absent elsewhere. This lack of sampling in eastern Africa makes it difficult to infer relationships among mtDNA haplogroups or to examine events that occurred early in human history. We sequenced 62 complete mtDNA genomes of ethnically diverse Tanzanians, southern African Khoisan speakers, and Bakola Pygmies and compared them with a global pool of 226 mtDNA genomes. From these, we infer phylogenetic relationships amongst mtDNA haplogroups and estimate the time to most recent common ancestor (TMRCA) for haplogroup lineages. These data suggest that Tanzanians have high genetic diversity and possess ancient mtDNA haplogroups, some of which are either rare (L0d and L5) or absent (L0f) in other regions of Africa. We propose that a large and diverse human population has persisted in eastern Africa and that eastern Africa may have been an ancient source of dispersion of modern humans both within and outside of Africa. 相似文献
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《Bio Systems》2006,83(3):226-234
Physiological functions and characteristic structures of the serpin gene superfamily have been studied extensively, yet the evolution of the serpin genes remains unclear. Gene duplication in this superfamily may shed light on this issue. Two models are used to predict the preservation of duplicated genes: the classical model and the duplication–degeneration–complementation (DDC) model. In this study, we analyzed the phylogenetic relationships of 33 human serpin genes and the expression data of some members of the serpin superfamily from a DNA microarray of human leukemia U937 cells with stably inducible expression of the leukemia-related AML1-ETO gene. We then determined the utility of the DDC model by mapping serpin superfamily expression data to the phylogenetic tree. The correlation between sequence and expression divergences as measured by the Pearson correlation coefficient indicated that human serpin genes evolved under the DDC model. Our study provides a new strategy for comparative analysis of gene sequences and microarray data. 相似文献
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Physiological functions and characteristic structures of the serpin gene superfamily have been studied extensively, yet the evolution of the serpin genes remains unclear. Gene duplication in this superfamily may shed light on this issue. Two models are used to predict the preservation of duplicated genes: the classical model and the duplication-degeneration-complementation (DDC) model. In this study, we analyzed the phylogenetic relationships of 33 human serpin genes and the expression data of some members of the serpin superfamily from a DNA microarray of human leukemia U937 cells with stably inducible expression of the leukemia-related AML1-ETO gene. We then determined the utility of the DDC model by mapping serpin superfamily expression data to the phylogenetic tree. The correlation between sequence and expression divergences as measured by the Pearson correlation coefficient indicated that human serpin genes evolved under the DDC model. Our study provides a new strategy for comparative analysis of gene sequences and microarray data. 相似文献
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V N Rostovtsev 《Genetika》1984,20(4):579-587
A theory of genetic-correlation analysis has been put forward on the basis of notions concerning general and special codispersions . The complete set of genetic-correlation indexes is received and their genetic-statistical meaning revealed. The models for genetical component analysis of general and special codispersions of correlative connections are constructed. 相似文献
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The relationship between parasite fitness and virulence has been the object of experimental and theoretical studies often with conflicting conclusions. Here, we provide direct experimental evidence that viral fitness and virulence, both measured in the same biological environment provided by host cells in culture, can be two unrelated traits. A biological clone of foot-and-mouth disease virus acquired high fitness and virulence (cell killing capacity) upon large population passages in cell culture. However, subsequent plaque-to-plaque transfers resulted in profound fitness loss, but only a minimal decrease of virulence. While fitness-decreasing mutations have been mapped throughout the genome, virulence determinants-studied here with mutant and chimeric viruses-were multigenic, but concentrated on some genomic regions. Therefore, we propose a model in which viral virulence is more robust to mutation than viral fitness. As a consequence, depending on the passage regime, viral fitness and virulence can follow different evolutionary trajectories. This lack of correlation is relevant to current models of attenuation and virulence in that virus de-adaptation need not entail a decrease of virulence. 相似文献
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Vidar Wennevik María Quintela
ystein Skaala Eric Verspoor Sergey Prusov Kevin A. Glover 《Ecology and evolution》2019,9(12):6901-6921
Atlantic salmon is characterized by a high degree of population genetic structure throughout its native range. However, while populations inhabiting rivers in Norway and Russia make up a significant proportion of salmon in the Atlantic, thus far, genetic studies in this region have only encompassed low to modest numbers of populations. Here, we provide the first “in‐depth” investigation of population genetic structuring in the species in this region. Analysis of 18 microsatellites on >9,000 fish from 115 rivers revealed highly significant population genetic structure throughout, following a hierarchical pattern. The highest and clearest level of division separated populations north and south of the Lofoten region in northern Norway. In this region, only a few populations displayed intermediate genetic profiles, strongly indicating a geographically limited transition zone. This was further supported by a dedicated cline analysis. Population genetic structure was also characterized by a pattern of isolation by distance. A decline in overall genetic diversity was observed from the south to the north, and two of the microsatellites showed a clear decrease in number of alleles across the observed transition zone. Together, these analyses support results from previous studies, that salmon in Norway originate from two main genetic lineages, one from the Barents–White Sea refugium that recolonized northern Norwegian and adjacent Russian rivers, and one from the eastern Atlantic that recolonized the rest of Norway. Furthermore, our results indicate that local conditions in the limited geographic transition zone between the two observed lineages, characterized by open coastline with no obvious barriers to gene flow, are strong enough to maintain the genetic differentiation between them. 相似文献
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There is much interest in explaining why female insects mate multiply. Females of the stalk-eyed fly Cyrtodiopsis dalmanni can mate several times each day in a lifetime which may span several months. There are many adaptive explanations, but one hypothesis that has received little rigorous empirical attention is that female multiple mating has evolved for non-adaptive reasons as a correlated response to selection for high male mating frequency rather than because of direct or indirect benefits accruing to females. We tested this hypothesis in stalk-eyed flies by measuring the mating frequency of females from lines that exhibited a direct response in males to artificial selection for increased ('high') and decreased ('low') male mating frequency. We found that the mating frequency of high-line females did not differ from that of low-line females. Hence, there was no support for a genetic correlation between male and female mating frequency in this species. Our study suggests that the genes which influence remating may not be the same in the sexes, and that females remate frequently in this species to gain as yet unidentified benefits. 相似文献
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Peter Mikulíček David Jandzik Uwe Fritz Christoph Schneider Pavel Široký 《Biological journal of the Linnean Society. Linnean Society of London》2013,108(1):151-160
Morphology has traditionally been used to diagnose the taxa of various taxonomic ranks. However, there is growing evidence that morphology is not always able to reveal cryptic taxa, and that pronounced morphological variation could reflect phenotypic plasticity rather than evolutionary divergence. Spur‐thighed tortoises (the Testudo graeca complex), distributed in the western Palaearctic region, are characterized by high morphological variability and complicated taxonomy, which are under debate. Previous molecular studies using mainly mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences have revealed incongruence between genetic differentiation and morphology‐based taxonomy, suggesting that morphological variability is the result of phenotypic plasticity and stabilizing selection, which masks the true genealogies. In the present study, we used a range‐wide sampling and nuclear Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers to investigate genetic differentiation within the T. graeca complex. We found that spur‐thighed tortoises are differentiated into four geographically well‐defined AFLP groups: Balkans–Middle Eastern, western Mediterranean, Caucasian and central‐eastern Iranian. Compared with the distribution of mtDNA lineages, the groups are largely concordant, although the AFLP markers are less sensitive and distinguish fewer groups than do mtDNA sequences. The AFLP groups show an allopatric or parapatric distribution. The AFLP differentiation conflicts with the previously proposed morphology‐based taxonomy of the complex, suggesting that local adaptation to different environmental conditions may have led to the great extent of morphological variation within the same lineages. We propose a re‐evaluation of the taxa that were confirmed genetically using a thorough morphological analysis corrected for phenotypic plasticity. © 2012 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2012, ●● , ●●–●●. 相似文献
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Coia V Destro-Bisol G Verginelli F Battaggia C Boschi I Cruciani F Spedini G Comas D Calafell F 《American journal of physical anthropology》2005,128(3):678-681
The hypervariable region-1 and four nucleotide positions (10400, 10873, 12308, and 12705) of the coding region of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) were analyzed in 441 individuals belonging to eight populations (Daba, Fali, Fulbe, Mandara, Uldeme, Podokwo, Tali, and Tupuri) from North Cameroon and four populations (Bakaka, Bassa, Bamileke, and Ewondo) from South Cameroon. All mtDNAs were assigned to five haplogroups: three sub-Saharan (L1, L2, and L3), one northern African (U6), and one European (U5). Our results contrast with the observed high frequencies of a Y-chromosome haplogroup of probable Asian origin (R1*-M173) in North Cameroon. As a first step toward a better understanding of the evident discrepancy between mtDNA and Y-chromosome data, we propose two contrasting scenarios. The first one, here termed "migration and asymmetric admixture," implies a back migration from Asia to North Cameroon of a population group carrying the haplotype R1*-M173 at high frequency, and an admixture process restricted to migrant males. The second scenario, on the other hand, temed "divergent drift," implies that modern populations of North Cameroon originated from a small population group which migrated from Asia to Africa and in which, through genetic drift, Y-chromosome haplotype R1*-M173 became predominant, whereas the Asian mtDNA haplogroups were lost. 相似文献
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Quintana-Murci L Krausz C Zerjal T Sayar SH Hammer MF Mehdi SQ Ayub Q Qamar R Mohyuddin A Radhakrishna U Jobling MA Tyler-Smith C McElreavey K 《American journal of human genetics》2001,68(2):537-542
The origins and dispersal of farming and pastoral nomadism in southwestern Asia are complex, and there is controversy about whether they were associated with cultural transmission or demic diffusion. In addition, the spread of these technological innovations has been associated with the dispersal of Dravidian and Indo-Iranian languages in southwestern Asia. Here we present genetic evidence for the occurrence of two major population movements, supporting a model of demic diffusion of early farmers from southwestern Iran-and of pastoral nomads from western and central Asia-into India, associated with Dravidian and Indo-European-language dispersals, respectively. 相似文献
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A multidisciplinary approach has identified sigmoidal genetic clines on the east and west coasts in central New Zealand where low-density ecological interactions occur between northern and southern lineages of the endemic greenshell mussel, Perna canaliculus. The sigmoidal clines indicate the existence of a mussel hybrid zone in a region of genetic discontinuities for many continuously distributed coastal taxa, in particular marine invertebrates. Examination of the genetic architecture of the hybrid zone revealed the differential contribution of individual microsatellite loci and/or alleles to defining the zone of interaction and no evidence of increased allelic richness or heterozygosity inside versus outside the hybrid zone. Genomics cline analysis identified one locus in particular (Pcan1–27) as being different from neutral expectations, thereby contributing to lineage differentiation. Estimates of contemporary gene flow revealed very high levels of within-lineage self-recruitment and a hybrid zone composed mostly (~85%) of northern immigrants. Broad scale interpretation of these results is consistent with a zone of genetic interaction that was generated between 0.3 and 1.3 million years before present at a time of pronounced global sea-level change. At that time, the continuous distribution of the greenshell mussel was split into northern and southern groups, which differentiated to become distinct lineages, and which have subsequently been reunited (secondary contact) resulting in the generation of the hybrid zone at ~42°S. 相似文献
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Models of indirect (genetic) benefits sexual selection predict linkage disequilibria between genes that influence male traits
and female preferences, owing to either non-random mate choice or physical linkage. Such linkage disequilibria, a genetic
correlation, can accelerate the evolution of male traits and female preferences to exaggerated levels. But relatively few
empirical studies have measured the genetic correlation between male traits and female responses in natural populations, and
the findings of those few are mixed: often, genetic correlations are not found. We tested the above prediction in an acoustic
pyralid moth, Achroia grisella, in which males attract females with a rhythmic train of sound pulses, and females respond only to song that exceeds a minimum
pulse rhythm. Both male song rhythm and female threshold response are repeatable and heritable characters. Because female
choice in A. grisella is based largely on male song, and males do not appear to provide direct benefits at mating, genetic correlation between
male song rhythm and female response is expected. We studied 2 A. grisella populations, bred them according to a full-sib/half-sib design, split the progeny among 4 different environmental conditions,
and measured the male song/female response genetic correlation in each of the 8 resulting groups. While song rhythm and response
threshold were generally heritable, we found no evidence of significant genetic correlation between these traits. We suggest
that the complexity of the various male song characters, of female response to male song, and of correlations between male
song characters and between aspects of female response have mitigated the evolution of strong genetic correlation between
song and response. Thus, exaggerated levels of trait development may be tempered. 相似文献
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Millman K Black CM Stamm WE Jones RB Hook EW Martin DH Bolan G Tavaré S Dean D 《Microbes and infection / Institut Pasteur》2006,8(3):604-611
Chlamydia trachomatis is the leading cause of bacterial sexually transmitted diseases worldwide. Urogenital strains are classified into serotypes and genotypes based on the major outer membrane protein and its gene, ompA, respectively. Studies of the association of serotypes with clinical signs and symptoms have produced conflicting results while no studies have evaluated associations with ompA polymorphisms. We designed a population-based cross-sectional study of 344 men and women with urogenital chlamydial infections (excluding co-pathogen infections) presenting to clinics serving five U.S. cities from 1995 to 1997. Signs, symptoms and sequelae of chlamydial infection (mucopurulent cervicitis, vaginal or urethral discharge; dysuria; lower abdominal pain; abnormal vaginal bleeding; and pelvic inflammatory disease) were analyzed for associations with serotype and ompA polymorphisms. One hundred and fifty-three (44.5%) of 344 patients had symptoms consistent with urogenital chlamydial infection. Gender, reason for visit and city were significant independent predictors of symptom status. Men were 2.2 times more likely than women to report any symptoms (P=0.03) and 2.8 times more likely to report a urethral discharge than women were to report a vaginal discharge in adjusted analyses (P=0.007). Differences in serotype or ompA were not predictive except for an association between serotype F and pelvic inflammatory disease (P=0.046); however, the number of these cases was small. While there was no clinically prognostic value associated with serotype or ompA polymorphism for urogenital chlamydial infections except for serotype F, future studies might utilize multilocus genomic typing to identify chlamydial strains associated with clinical phenotypes. 相似文献
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mtDNA analysis shows common ancestry in two kindreds with X-linked recessive hypoparathyroidism and reveals a heteroplasmic silent mutation. 总被引:2,自引:1,他引:1 下载免费PDF全文
S Mumm M P Whyte R V Thakker K H Buetow D Schlessinger 《American journal of human genetics》1997,60(1):153-159
Two kindreds residing in eastern Missouri and exhibiting X-linked recessive idiopathic hypoparathyroidism have been described. Genealogical records extending back five generations revealed no common ancestor. To investigate the possibility of relatedness, the DNA sequence of the mitochondrial D-loop was compared among several individuals in both kindreds. The mtDNA D-loop was amplified from the total DNA of individuals by use of nested PCR reactions, and the resulting 430-bp fragment was sequenced. The mtDNA sequence was identical among affected males and their maternal lineage for individuals in both kindreds. Conversely, the mtDNA sequence of the fathers of the affected males differed from that of the maternal lineage at three to six positions. These results demonstrate that the two kindreds exhibiting X-linked recessive hypoparathyroidism are indeed related and that an identical gene defect is responsible for the disease. A further feature of the inheritance pattern was examined when a unique point mutation was identified in the mtDNA of one branch of one of the kindreds. This mutation appears to be de novo and segregates in subsequent generations without obscuring relatedness. In addition, the results of our study of mtDNA analysis indicate that this approach may be of importance in investigating common ancestry in other X-linked disorders. 相似文献
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Dediu D 《Journal of theoretical biology》2008,254(2):400-407
It has recently been proposed [Dediu, D., Ladd, D.R., 2007. Linguistic tone is related to the population frequency of the adaptive haplogroups of two brain size genes, ASPM and Microcephalin. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 104(26), 10944-10949] that genetically coded linguistic biases can influence the trajectory of language change. However, the nature of such biases and the conditions under which they can become manifest have remained vague. The present paper explores computationally two plausible types of linguistic acquisition biases in a population of agents implementing realistic genetic, linguistic and demographic processes. One type of bias represents an innate asymmetric initial state (initial expectation bias) while the other an innate asymmetric facility of acquisition (rate of learning bias). It was found that only the second type of bias produces detectable effects on language through cultural transmission across generations and that such effects are produced even by weak biases present at low frequencies in the population. This suggests that learning preference asymmetries, very small at the individual level and not very frequent at the population level, can bias the trajectory of language change through the process of cultural transmission. 相似文献