Evaluation of Sequence Variation and Selection in the Bindin Locus of the Red Sea Urchin, Strongylocentrotus franciscanus |
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Authors: | Patty Debenham Mark A Brzezinski Kathy R Foltz |
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Institution: | (1) Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA, US |
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Abstract: | Recent evidence suggests that gamete recognition proteins may be subjected to directed evolutionary pressure that enhances
sequence variability. We evaluated whether diversity enhancing selection is operating on a marine invertebrate fertilization
protein by examining the intraspecific DNA sequence variation of a 273-base pair region located at the 5′ end of the sperm
bindin locus in 134 adult red sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus). Bindin is a sperm recognition protein that mediates species-specific gamete interactions in sea urchins. The region of
the bindin locus examined was found to be polymorphic with 14 alleles. Mean pairwise comparison of the 14 alleles indicates
moderate sequence diversity (p-distance = 1.06). No evidence of diversity enhancing selection was found. It was not possible
to reject the null hypothesis that the sequence variation observed in S. franciscanus bindin is a result of neutral evolution. Statistical evaluation of expected proportions of replacement and silent nucleotide
substitutions, observed versus expected proportions of radical replacement substitutions, and conformance to the McDonald
and Kreitman test of neutral evolution all indicate that random mutation followed by genetic drift created the polymorphisms
observed in bindin. Observed frequencies were also highly similar to results expected for a neutrally evolving locus, suggesting
that the polymorphism observed in the 5′ region of S. franciscanus bindin is a result of neutral evolution.
Received: 19 June 1998 / Accepted: 2 August 2000 |
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Keywords: | : Sea urchin — Intraspecific variation — Bindin — Diversifying selection — Positive selection |
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