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Background
Many homeobox genes show remarkable conservation between divergent animal phyla. In contrast, the ARGFX (Arginine-fifty homeobox) homeobox locus was identified in the human genome but is not present in mouse or invertebrates. Here we ask when and how this locus originated and examine its pattern of molecular evolution. 相似文献12.
The genomes of homeothermic (warm-blooded) vertebrates are mosaic
interspersions of homogeneously GC-rich and GC-poor regions (isochores).
Evolution of genome compartmentalization and GC-rich isochores is
hypothesized to reflect either selective advantages of an elevated GC
content or chromosome location and mutational pressure associated with the
timing of DNA replication in germ cells. To address the present controversy
regarding the origins and maintenance of isochores in homeothermic
vertebrates, newly obtained as well as published nucleotide sequences of
the insulin and insulin-like growth factor (IGF) genes, members of a
well-characterized gene family believed to have evolved by repeated
duplication and divergence, were utilized to examine the evolution of base
composition in nonconstrained (flanking) and weakly constrained (introns
and fourfold degenerate sites) regions. A phylogeny derived from amino acid
sequences supports a common evolutionary history for the insulin/IGF family
genes. In cold- blooded vertebrates, insulin and the IGFs were similar in
base composition. In contrast, insulin and IGF-II demonstrate dramatic
increases in GC richness in mammals, but no such trend occurred in IGF- I.
Base composition of the coding portions of the insulin and IGF genes across
vertebrates correlated (r = 0.90) with that of the introns and flanking
regions. The GC content of homologous introns differed dramatically between
insulin/IGF-II and IGF-I genes in mammals but was similar to the GC level
of noncoding regions in neighboring genes. Our findings suggest that the
base composition of introns and flanking regions is determined by
chromosomal location and the mutational pressure of the isochore in which
the sequences are embedded. An elevated GC content at codon third positions
in the insulin and the IGF genes may reflect selective constraints on the
usage of synonymous codons.
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1. Plant defence of Viburnum shrubs against oviposition by its specialist herbivore, the viburnum leaf beetle [VLB Pyrrhalta viburni(Paykull)], involves an egg‐crushing wound response in twigs. Although the response is variable among Viburnum species, it can have a strong impact on egg survivorship. Beetles typically aggregate egg masses with conspecifics along infested twigs, forming clusters that can overwhelm the twig response. It was investigated whether twig responses and beetle oviposition behaviour vary seasonally. 2. In a field experiment, twig defences decreased towards the end of the VLB oviposition period: wound response of the North American Viburnum dentatum L. and the European V. opulus L. was reduced by 100% and 54%, respectively, in September compared with the July to August period. 3. Oviposition trials demonstrated a corresponding behavioural change: VLB females displayed aggregative oviposition in August, but not in September. 4. Further tests revealed that late‐season VLB females reverted to aggregative oviposition after being kept on uninfested twigs, whereas females kept on heavily infested twigs did not. This behavioural change suggests that relaxation of aggregative oviposition originates from cues associated with high densities of egg masses. 5. Relaxation of aggregative oviposition may be adaptive (and beneficial for invasion) on shrubs with low levels of defences by reducing intra‐specific competition. 相似文献
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Erik HFM van der Heijden Wouter Hoefsloot Hieronymus WH van Hees Olga CJ Schuurbiers 《Respiratory research》2015,16(1)
Background
Videobronchoscopy is an essential diagnostic procedure for evaluation of the central airways and pivotal for the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer. Technological improvements have resulted in high definition (HD) images with advanced real time image enhancement techniques (i-scan).Objectives
In this study we aimed to explore the sensitivity of HD+ i-scan bronchoscopy for detection of epithelial changes like vascular abnormalities and suspicious preinvasive lesions, and tumors.Methods
In patients scheduled for a therapeutic or diagnostic procedure under general anesthesia videos of the bronchial tree were made using 5 videobronchoscopy modes in random order: normal white light videobronchoscopy (WLB), HD-bronchoscopy (HD), HD bronchoscopy with surface enhancement technique (i-scan1), HD with surface- and tone enhancement technique (i-scan2) and dual mode autofluorescence videobronchoscopy (AFB). The videos were scored in random order by two independent and blinded expert bronchoscopists.Results
In 29 patients all videos were available for analysis. Vascular abnormalities were scored most frequently in HD + i-scan2 bronchoscopy (1.33 ± 0.29 abnormal or suspicious sites per patient) as compared to 0.12 ± 0.05 site for AFB (P = 0.003). Sites suspicious for preinvasive lesions were most frequently reported using AFB (0.74 ± 0.12 sites per patient) as compared to 0.17 ± 0.06 for both WLB and HD bronchoscopy (P = 0.003). Tumors were detected equally by all modalities. The preferred modality was HD bronchoscopy with i-scan (tone- plus surface and surface enhancement in respectively 38% and 35% of cases P = 0.006).Conclusions
This study shows that high definition bronchoscopy with image enhancement technique may result in better detection of subtle vascular abnormalities in the airways. Since these abnormalities may be related to preneoplastic lesions and tumors this is of clinical relevance. Further investigations using this technique relating imaging to histology are warranted. 相似文献16.
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J Steinbuch AC van Dijk FHBM Schreuder MTB Truijman J Hendrikse PJ Nederkoorn A van der Lugt E Hermeling APG Hoeks WH Mess 《Cardiovascular ultrasound》2017,15(1):9
Background
Mean or maximal intima-media thickness (IMT) is commonly used as surrogate endpoint in intervention studies. However, the effect of normalization by surrounding or median IMT or by diameter is unknown. In addition, it is unclear whether IMT inhomogeneity is a useful predictor beyond common wall parameters like maximal wall thickness, either absolute or normalized to IMT or lumen size. We investigated the interrelationship of common carotid artery (CCA) thickness parameters and their association with the ipsilateral internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis degree.Methods
CCA thickness parameters were extracted by edge detection applied to ultrasound B-mode recordings of 240 patients. Degree of ICA stenosis was determined from CT angiography.Results
Normalization of maximal CCA wall thickness to median IMT leads to large variations. Higher CCA thickness parameter values are associated with a higher degree of ipsilateral ICA stenosis (p?<?0.001), though IMT inhomogeneity does not provide extra information. When the ratio of wall thickness and diameter instead of absolute maximal wall thickness is used as risk marker for having moderate ipsilateral ICA stenosis (>50%), 55 arteries (15%) are reclassified to another risk category.Conclusions
It is more reasonable to normalize maximal wall thickness to end-diastolic diameter rather than to IMT, affecting risk classification and suggesting modification of the Mannheim criteria.Trial registration
Clinical trials.gov NCT01208025.19.
A mouse genomic clone containing a lactate dehydrogenase-A (LDH-A)
processed pseudogene and a B1 repetitive element was isolated, and a
nucleotide sequence of approximately 3 kb was determined. The pseudogene
and B1 element are flanked by perfect 13-bp repeats, and the B1 sequence
starts at 14 nucleotides 3' to the presumptive polyadenylation signal of
the pseudogene. The nucleotide sequences of the LDH-A genes and processed
pseudogenes from mouse, rat, and human were compared, and a phylogenetic
tree was constructed. The rate and pattern of nucleotide substitutions in
the LDH-A pseudogenes are similar to previously reported results (Li et al.
1984). The average rate of nucleotide substitutions in the LDH-A
pseudogenes is 4.3 X 10(- 9)/site/year. The substitutions of C----T and
G----A are most frequent, and A----G substitutions are relatively high. The
rate of synonymous substitutions in the LDH-A genes is 5.3 X 10(-9), which
is not significantly higher than the average rate of 4.7 X 10(-9) for 35
mammalian genes. The rate of nonsynonymous substitutions in the LDH-A genes
is 0.20 X 10(-9), which is considerably lower than the average rate of 0.88
X 10(-9) for 35 mammalian genes. Thus, the mammalian LDH-A gene appears to
be highly conserved in evolution.
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Maximum likelihood estimation of the heterogeneity of substitution rate among nucleotide sites 总被引:23,自引:9,他引:14
This paper presents a maximum likelihood approach to estimating the
variation of substitution rate among nucleotide sites. We assume that the
rate varies among sites according to an invariant+gamma distribution, which
has two parameters: the gamma parameter alpha and the proportion of
invariable sites theta. Theoretical treatments on three, four, and five
sequences have been conducted, and computer program have been developed. It
is shown that rho = (1 + theta alpha)/(1 + alpha) is a good measure for the
rate heterogeneity among sites. Extensive simulations show that (1) if the
proportion of invariable sites is negligible, i.e., theta = 0, the gamma
parameter alpha can be satisfactorily estimated, even with three sequences;
(2) if the proportion of invariable sites is not negligible, the
heterogeneity rho can still be suitably estimated with four or more
sequences; and (3) the distances estimated by the proposed method are
almost unbiased and are robust against violation of the assumption of the
invariant + gamma distribution.
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