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Southern hybridization data suggest that the male sex-determining locus, Sry, is often duplicated in rodents. Here we explore DNA sequence evolution of orthologous and paralogous copies of Sry isolated from six species of African murines. PCR amplification followed by direct sequencing revealed from two to four copies
of Sry per species. All copies include a long open reading frame, with a stop codon that coincides closely with the stop codon of
the house mouse, Mus musculus, a species known to have a single copy of Sry. A phylogenetic analysis suggests that there are at least seven paralogous copies of Sry in this group of rodents. Putative orthologues are identical; sequence divergence among putative paralogues ranges from 1
to 8% (excluding the CAG repeat), with much lower levels of divergence in the high-mobility group (HMG-box) region than in
the C-terminal region. A high proportion of nucleotide substitutions in both regions result in amino-acid replacement. The
long open reading frame, conserved HMG-box, and pattern of evolution of the putative paralogues suggest that they are functional.
Received: 4 October 1996 / Accepted: 17 January 1997 相似文献
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Graziano Pesole Luigi R. Ceci Carmela Gissi Cecilia Saccone Carla Quagliariello 《Journal of molecular evolution》1996,43(5):447-452
We have analyzed the nad3-rps12 locus for eight angiosperms in order to compare the utility of mitochondrial DNA and edited mRNA sequences in phylogenetic
reconstruction. The two coding regions, containing from 25 to 35 editing sites in the various plants, have been concatenated
in order to increase the significance of the analysis. Differing from the corresponding chloroplast sequences, unedited mitochondrial
DNA sequences seem to evolve under a quasi-neutral substitution process which undifferentiates the nucleotide substitution
rates for the three codon positions. By using complete gene sequences (all codon positions) we found that genomic sequences
provide a classical angiosperm phylogenetic tree with a clear-cut grouping of monocotyledons and dicotyledons with Magnoliidae
at the basal branch of the tree. Conversely, owing to their low nucleotide substitution rates, edited mRNA sequences were
found not to be suitable for studying phylogenetic relationships among angiosperms.
Received: 24 January 1996 / Accepted: 5 June 1996 相似文献
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Margaret J. Beaton Andrew J. Roger Thomas Cavalier-Smith 《Journal of molecular evolution》1998,47(6):697-708
The nucleotide sequence for an 11,715-bp segment of the mitochondrial genome of the octocoral Sarcophyton glaucum is presented, completing the analysis of the entire genome for this anthozoan member of the phylum Cnidaria. The genome contained
the same 13 protein-coding and 2 ribosomal RNA genes as in other animals. However, it also included an unusual mismatch repair
gene homologue reported previously and codes for only a single tRNA gene. Intermediate in length compared to two other cnidarians
(17,443 and 18,911 bp), this organellar genome contained the smallest amount of noncoding DNA (428, compared to 1283 and 781
nt, respectively), making it the most compact one found for the phylum to date. The mitochondrial genes of S. glaucum exhibited an identical arrangement to that found in another octocoral, Renilla kolikeri, with five protein-coding genes in the same order as has been found in insect and vertebrate mitochondrial genomes. Although
gene order appears to be highly conserved among octocorals, compared to the hexacoral, Metridium senile, few similarities were found. Like other metazoan mitochondrial genomes, the A + T composition was elevated and a general
bias against codons ending in G or C was observed. However, an exception to this was the infrequent use of TGA compared to
TGG to code for tryptophan. This divergent codon bias is unusual but appears to be a conserved feature among two rather distantly
related anthozoans.
Received: 27 January 1998 / Accepted: 25 May 1998 相似文献
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We analyzed nucleotide variation in the hsp70 genes of Drosophila melanogaster (five genes) and D. simulans (four genes) to characterize the homogenizing and diversifying roles of gene conversion in their evolution. Gene conversion
within and between the 87A7 and 87C1 gene clusters homogenize the hsp70 coding regions; in both D. melanogaster and D. simulans, same-cluster paralogues are virtually identical, and large intercluster conversion tracts diminish 87A7/87C1 divergence.
Same-cluster paralogues share many polymorphisms, consistent with frequent intracluster conversion. Shared polymorphism is
highly biased toward silent variation; homogenizing conversion interacts with purifying selection. In contrast to the coding
regions, some hsp70 flanking regions show conversion-mediated diversification. Strong reductions of nucleotide variability and linkage disequilibria
among conversion-mediated sites in hsp70Ab and hsp70Bb alleles sampled from a single natural population are consistent with a selective sweep. Comparison of the D. melanogaster and D. simulans hsp70 genes reveals whole-family fixed differences, consistent with rapid propagation of novel mutations among duplicate genes.
These results suggest that the homogenizing and diversifying roles of conversion interact to drive dynamic concerted evolution
of the hsp70 genes.
Received: 25 June 2001 / Accepted: 10 October 2001 相似文献
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The genomic organization of the hsp83 gene of Drosophila auraria, a far-eastern endemic species belonging to the montium subgroup of the melanogaster species group, is presented here. Based on in situ hybridization on polytene chromosomes, cDNA and genomic clone mapping,
nucleotide sequencing, and genomic Southern analysis, hsp83 is shown to be present as a single-copy gene at locus 64B on the 3L chromosome arm in D. auraria. This gene is organized into two exons separated by a 929-bp intron. The first exon represents the mRNA leader sequence and
is not translated, while the coding region, having a length of 2,151 bp, is solely included in the second exon. Nucleotide
sequence comparisons of D. auraria hsp83 with homologous sequences from other organisms show high conservation of the coding region (88–92% identity) in the genus
Drosophila, in addition to the conserved genomic organization of two-exons–one-intron, of comparable size and arrangement. A phylogenetic
tree based on the protein sequences of homologous genes from representative organisms is in accord with the accredited phylogenetic
position of D. auraria. In the hsp83 gene region, a second case of long antiparallel coupled open reading frames (LAC ORFs) for this species was found. The antiparallel
to the hsp83 gene ORF is 1,554 bases long, while the two ORFs overlap has a size of 1,548 bp. The anti-hsp83 ORF does not show significant homology to any known gene sequences. In addition, no similar LAC ORF structures were found
in homologous gene regions of other organisms.
Received: 18 April 1997 / Accepted: 1 August 1997 相似文献
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Cecropin is a type of antibacterial peptide that is synthesized in response to infection and has been characterized in many
insect species and one mammal. The Cecropin locus of Drosophila melanogaster also contains the gene Andropin, which has been identified only in this species and encodes a male-specific antibacterial peptide. As a first step in studying
the molecular evolution of the cecropin and andropin genes among Drosophila species, we have isolated genomic clones that cover the Cecropin locus in Drosophila virilis. The cloned region totals approximately 25 kb, within which a 9-kb fragment contains four cecropin genes and one pseudogene.
All four genes have a high level of sequence homology to D. melanogaster Cecropin, about 80% identity in the coding regions, and the intron positions are conserved. As in D. melanogaster and other insects, κB-related cis-regulatory elements are found upstream of these cecropin genes. An Andropin-related sequence was not identified in D. virilis; however, genome Southern hybridizations suggest that Andropin-related sequences are present in at least the melanogaster species subgroup. Analysis of 19 insect cecropin genes identifies a common ancestral Cecropin before the divergence of Diptera and Lepidoptera. In addition, D. melanogaster and D. virilis can be identified by monophyletic clades for Cecropin. In contrast, the Lepidopteran species show polyphyletic relationships for duplicated cecropin genes.
Received: 12 August 1996 / Accepted: 18 October 1996 相似文献
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We previously reported the sequence of a 9260-bp fragment of mitochondrial (mt) DNA of the cephalopod Loligo bleekeri [J. Sasuga et al. (1999) J. Mol. Evol. 48:692–702]. To clarify further the characteristics of Loligo mtDNA, we have sequenced an 8148-bp fragment to reveal the complete mt genome sequence. Loligo mtDNA is 17,211 bp long and possesses a standard set of metazoan mt genes. Its gene arrangement is not identical to any other
metazoan mt gene arrangement reported so far. Three of the 19 noncoding regions longer than 10 bp are 515, 507, and 509 bp
long, and their sequences are nearly identical, suggesting that multiplication of these noncoding regions occurred in an ancestral
Loligo mt genome. Comparison of the gene arrangements of Loligo, Katharina tunicata, and Littorina saxatilis mt genomes revealed that 17 tRNA genes of the Loligo mt genome are adjacent to noncoding regions. A majority (15 tRNA genes) of their counterparts is found in two tRNA gene clusters
of the Katharina mt genome. Therefore, the Loligo mt genome (17 tRNA genes) may have spread over the genome, and this may have been coupled with the multiplication of the
noncoding regions. Maximum likelihood analysis of mt protein genes supports the clade Mollusca + Annelida + Brachiopoda but
fails to infer the relationships among Katharina, Loligo, and three gastropod species.
Received: 9 May 2001 / Accepted: 3 October 2001 相似文献
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Ronald W. DeBry 《Journal of molecular evolution》1998,46(3):355-360
Sequences were obtained from five species of rodents that are orthologous to an H2a histone pseudogene from Mus musculus. The pseudogene is part of the cluster of replication-dependent histone genes found on Mus musculus chromosome 13. Comparative analysis of these five sequences together with the previously published sequence from M. musculus shows that this gene has likely been a pseudogene throughout the evolution of the genus Mus, while the gene from Rattus norvegicus is likely functional. Three large (>20 bp) deletions were found among the Mus pseudogenes, a feature that is very unusual compared to surveys of processed pseudogenes. In addition, there are two single-base
deletions and one 4-bp insertion among the Mus pseudogenes. The species distributions of one of the large deletions and the 4-bp insertion require either independent insertions
of an identical sequence, independent deletions with identical boundaries, or a deletion followed by precise reintegration
of the original sequence. The evidence favors the hypothesis of multiple deletions with identical boundaries. The ``coding'
regions of the Mus pseudogenes show a much reduced level of among-species variability in the 3′ half of the pseudogene, compared both to the
5′ half and to flanking sequences. This supports a hypothesis that the 3′ end of the pseudogene is the target of frequent
gene conversion by functional H2a genes.
Received: 1 April 1997 / Accepted: 12 June 1997 相似文献
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The complete nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial genome was determined for a conger eel, Conger myriaster (Elopomorpha: Anguilliformes), using a PCR-based approach that employs a long PCR technique and many fish-versatile primers.
Although the genome [18,705 base pairs (bp)] contained the same set of 37 mitochondrial genes [two ribosomal RNA (rRNA), 22
transfer RNA (tRNA), and 13 protein-coding genes] as found in other vertebrates, the gene order differed from that recorded
for any other vertebrates. In typical vertebrates, the ND6, tRNAGlu, and tRNAPro genes are located between the ND5 gene and the control region, whereas the former three genes, in C. myriaster, have been translocated to a position between the control region and the tRNAPhe gene that are contiguously located at the 5′ end of the 12S rRNA gene in typical vertebrates. This gene order is similar
to the recently reported gene order in four lineages of birds in that the latter lack the ND6, tRNAGlu, and tRNAPro genes between the ND5 gene and the control region; however, the relative position of the tRNAPro to the ND6–tRNAGlu genes in C. myriaster was different from that in the four birds, which presumably resulted from different patterns of tandem duplication of gene
regions followed by gene deletions in two distantly related groups of organisms. Sequencing of the ND5–cyt b region in 11 other anguilliform species, representing 11 families, plus one outgroup species, revealed that the same gene
order as C. myriaster was shared by another 4 families, belonging to the suborder Congroidei. Although the novel gene orders of four lineages of
birds were indicated to have multiple independent origins, phylogenetic analyses using nucleotide sequences from the mitochondrial
12S rRNA and cyt b genes suggested that the novel gene orders of the five anguilliform families had originated in a single ancestral species.
Received: 13 July 2000 / Accepted: 30 November 2000 相似文献
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François Agnès Marguerite-Marie Toux Catherine André Francis Galibert 《Journal of molecular evolution》1997,45(1):43-49
Receptor tyrosine kinases with five, seven, and three Ig-like domains in their extracellular region are grouped in subclasses
IIIa, IIIb, and IIIc, respectively. Here, we describe the genomic organization of the extracellular coding region of the human FGFR4 (IIIc) and FLT4 (IIIb) genes and compare it to that of the human FGFR1(IIIc), KIT, and FMS (IIIa). The results show that while genes belonging to the same subclass have an identical exon/intron structure in their extracellular
coding region—as they do in their intracellular coding region—genes of related subclasses only have a similar exon/intron
structure. These results strongly support the hypothesis that the genes of the three subclasses evolved from a common ancestor
by duplications involving entire genes, already in pieces. Hypotheses on the origin of introns and on the difference in the
number of extracellular Ig-like domains in the three gene subclasses are discussed.
Received: 19 August 1996 / Accepted: 2 January 1997 相似文献
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Horizontal transfer of genes coding for the photosynthetic reaction centers of purple bacteria 总被引:11,自引:0,他引:11
Kenji V. P. Nagashima Akira Hiraishi Keizo Shimada Katsumi Matsuura 《Journal of molecular evolution》1997,45(2):131-136
Phylogenetic trees were drawn and analyzed based on the nucleotide sequences of the 1.5-kb gene fragment coding for the L
and M subunits of the photochemical reaction center of various purple photosynthetic bacteria. These trees are mostly consistent
with phylogenetic trees based on 16S rRNA and soluble cytochrome c, but differ in some significant details. This inconsistency implies horizontal transfer of the genes that code for the photosynthetic
apparatus in purple bacteria. Possibilities of similar transfers of photosynthesis genes during the evolution of photosynthesis
are discussed especially for the establishment of oxygenic photosynthesis.
Received: 8 July 1996 / Accepted: 12 March 1997 相似文献
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Takehiro Kusakabe Isato Araki Noriyuki Satoh William R. Jeffery 《Journal of molecular evolution》1997,44(3):289-298
The origin and evolutionary relationship of actin isoforms was investigated in chordates by isolating and characterizing
two new ascidian cytoplasmic and muscle actin genes. The exon–intron organization and sequences of these genes were compared
with those of other invertebrate and vertebrate actin genes. The gene HrCA1 encodes a cytoplasmic (nonmuscle)-type actin, whereas the MocuMA2 gene encodes an adult muscle-type actin. Our analysis of these genes showed that intron positions are conserved among the
deuterostome actin genes. This suggests that actin gene families evolved from a single actin gene in the ancestral deuterostome.
Sequence comparisons and molecular phylogenetic analyses also suggested a close relationship between the ascidian and vertebrate
actin isoforms. It was also found that there are two distinct lineages of muscle actin isoforms in ascidians: the larval muscle
and adult body-wall isoforms. The four muscle isoforms in vertebrates show a closer relationship to each other than to the
ascidian muscle isoforms. Similarly, the two cytoplasmic isoforms in vertebrates show a closer relationship to each other
than to the ascidian and echinoderm cytoplasmic isoforms. In contrast, the two types of ascidian muscle actin diverge from
each other. The close relationship between the ascidian larval muscle actin and the vertebrate muscle isoforms was supported
by both neighbor-joining and maximum parsimony analyses. These results suggest that the chordate ancestor had at least two
muscle actin isoforms and that the vertebrate actin isoforms evolved after the separation of the vertebrates and urochordates.
Received: 20 June 1996 / Accepted: 16 October 1996 相似文献
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The complete mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of the donkey and mtDNA comparisons among four closely related mammalian species-pairs 总被引:7,自引:0,他引:7
The nucleotide sequence of the complete mitochondrial genome of the donkey, Equus asinus, was determined. The length of the molecule is 16,670 bp. The length, however, is not absolute due to pronounced heteroplasmy
caused by variable numbers of two types of repetitive motifs in the control region. The sequence of the repeats is (a) 5′-CACACCCA
and (b) 5′-TGCGCGCA, respectively. The order of (a) and (b) can be expressed as {n[2(a)+(b)]+m(a)}. In 32 different clones analyzed the number of n and m ranged from 0 to 9 and 1 to 7. The two rRNA genes, the 13 peptide-coding genes, and the 22 tRNA genes of the donkey and the
horse, Equus caballus, were compared in detail. Total nucleotide difference outside the control region was 6.9%. Nucleotide difference between peptide-coding
genes ranged from 6.4% to 9.4% with a mean of 8.0%. In the inferred protein sequences of the 13 peptide-coding genes the amino
acid difference was 0.2–8.8%, and the mean for the 13 concatenated amino acid sequences was 1.9%. In the 22 tRNA genes, the
mean difference was 3.5%, and that in the two rRNA genes was 4.1%. The mtDNA differences between the donkey and the horse
suggest that the evolutionary separation of the two species occurred ≈9 million years ago. Analyses of differences among the
mtDNAs of three other species-pairs, harbor seal/grey seal, fin whale/blue whale, and Homo/common chimpanzee, showed that the relative evolutionary rate of individual peptide-coding genes varies among different species-pairs
and modes of comparison. The findings show that the superimposition of sequence data of one lineage for resolving and dating
evolutionary divergences of other lineages should be performed with caution unless based on comprehensive data.
Received: 15 October 1995 / Accepted: 15 April 1996 相似文献
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Jean-Luc Da Lage Maurice Wegnez Marie-Louise Cariou 《Journal of molecular evolution》1996,43(4):334-347
While the two amylase genes of Drosophila melanogaster are intronless, the three genes of D. pseudoobscura harbor a short intron. This raises the question of the common structure of the Amy gene in Drosophila species. We have investigated the presence or absence of an intron in the amylase genes of 150 species
of Drosophilids. Using polymerase chain reaction (PCR), we have amplified a region that surrounds the intron site reported
in D. pseudoobscura and a few other species. The results revealed that most species contain an intron, with a variable size ranging from 50 to
750 bp, although the very majoritary size was around 60–80 bp. Several species belonging to different lineages were found
to lack an intron. This loss of intervening sequence was likely due to evolutionarily independent and rather frequent events.
Some other species had both types of genes: In the obscura group, and to a lesser extent in the ananassae subgroup, intronless copies had much diverged from intron-containing genes. Base composition of short introns was found to
be variable and correlated with that of the surrounding exons, whereas long introns were all A-T rich. We have extended our
study to non-Drosophilid insects. In species from other orders of Holometaboles, Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera, an intron was
found at an identical position in the Amy gene, suggesting that the intron was ancestral.
Received: 23 October 1995 / Accepted: 5 March 1996 相似文献
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Along the gene, nucleotides in various codon positions tend to exert a slight but observable influence on the nucleotide
choice at neighboring positions. Such context biases are different in different organisms and can be used as genomic signatures.
In this paper, we will focus specifically on the dinucleotide composed of a third codon position nucleotide and its succeeding
first position nucleotide. Using the 16 possible dinucleotide combinations, we calculate how well individual genes conform
to the observed mean dinucleotide frequencies of an entire genome, forming a distance measure for each gene. It is found that
genes from different genomes can be separated with a high degree of accuracy, according to these distance values.
In particular, we address the problem of recent horizontal gene transfer, and how imported genes may be evaluated by their
poor assimilation to the host's context biases. By concentrating on the third- and succeeding first position nucleotides,
we eliminate most spurious contributions from codon usage and amino-acid requirements, focusing mainly on mutational effects.
Since imported genes are expected to converge only gradually to genomic signatures, it is possible to question whether a gene
present in only one of two closely related organisms has been imported into one organism or deleted in the other. Striking
correlations between the proposed distance measure and poor homology are observed when Escherichia coli genes are compared to Salmonella typhi, indicating that sets of outlier genes in E. coli may contain a high number of genes that have been imported into E. coli, and not deleted in S. typhi.
Received: 16 January 2001 / Accepted: 30 August 2001 相似文献
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The extracellular hemoglobins of cladocerans derive from the aggregation of 12 two-domain globin subunits that are apparently
encoded by four genes. This study establishes that at least some of these genes occur as a tandem array in both Daphnia magna and Daphnia exilis. The genes share a uniform structure; a bridge intron separates two globin domains which each include three exons and two
introns. Introns are small, averaging just 77 bp, but a longer sequence (2.2–3.2 kb) separates adjacent globin genes. A survey
of structural diversity in globin genes from other daphniids revealed three independent cases of intron loss, but exon lengths
were identical, excepting a 3-bp insertion in exon 5 of Simocephalus. Heterogeneity in the extent of nucleotide divergence was marked among exons, largely as a result of the pronounced diversification
of the terminal exon. This variation reflected, in part, varying exposure to concerted evolution. Conversion events were frequent
in exons 1–4 but were absent from exons 5 and 6. Because of this difference, the results of phylogenetic analyses were strongly
affected by the sequences employed in this construction. Phylogenies based on total nucleotide divergence in exons 1–4 revealed
affinities among all genes isolated from a single species, reflecting the impact of gene conversion events. In contrast, phylogenies
based on total nucleotide divergence in exons 5 and 6 revealed affinities among orthologous genes from different taxa.
Received: 8 March 1999 / Accepted: 14 July 1999 相似文献
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Birgit Drabent Jae-Sun Kim Werner Albig Eva Prats Luis Cornudella Detlef Doenecke 《Journal of molecular evolution》1999,49(5):645-655
We isolated five different phage clones containing histone gene clusters with up to five H1 genes per phage clone from a
Mytilus edulis genomic library. Among these H1 genes, nine gene types coding for five different H1 proteins have been identified. All H1
histone genes were located on repetitive restriction fragments with only slightly different sizes. The H1 coding regions show
highly related sequences, suggesting that the multitude of H1 genes has evolved by gene duplication events. Core histone genes
could not be found on these five Mytilus edulis genome fragments.
Received: 28 July 1998 / Accepted: 17 May 1999 相似文献