Origin and Inheritance of Group I Introns in 26S rRNA Genes of Gaeumannomyces graminis |
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Authors: | MK Tan |
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Institution: | (1) Biological and Chemical Research Institute, NSW Agriculture, PMB 10, Rydalmere, NSW 2116, Australia, AU |
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Abstract: | Studies of the distribution of the three group I introns (intron A, intron T, and intron AT) in the 26S rDNA of Gaeumannomyces graminis had suggested that they were transferred to a common ancestor of G. graminis var. avenae and var. tritici after it had branched off from var. graminis. Intron AT and intron A exhibited vertical inheritance and coevolved in concert with their hosts. Intron loss could occur
after its acquisition. Loss of any one of the three introns could occur in var. tritici whereas only loss of intron T had been found in the majority of var. avenae isolates. The existence of isolates of var. tritici and var. avenae with three introns suggested that intron loss could be reversed by intron acquisition and that the whole process is a dynamic
one. This process of intron acquisition and intron loss reached different equilibrium points for different varieties and subgroups,
which explained the irregular distribution of these introns in G. graminis. Each of the three group I introns was more closely related to other intron sequences that share the same insertion point
in the 26S rDNA than to each other. These introns in distantly related organisms appeared to have a common ancestry. This
system had provided a good model for studies on both the lateral transfer and common ancestry of group I introns in the 26S
rRNA genes.
Received: 17 May 1996 / Accepted: 14 January 1997 |
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Keywords: | :Gaeumannomyces graminis— Group I introns — Evolution — 26S rRNA — Intron acquisition — Intron loss |
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