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Presgraves DC, Meiklejohn CD. Hybrid Sterility, Genetic Conflict and Complex Speciation: Lessons From the Drosophila simulans Clade Species. Front Genet 2021; 12:669045. [PMID: 34249091 PMCID: PMC8261240 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.669045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The three fruitfly species of the Drosophila simulans clade- D. simulans, D. mauritiana, and D. sechellia- have served as important models in speciation genetics for over 40 years. These species are reproductively isolated by geography, ecology, sexual signals, postmating-prezygotic interactions, and postzygotic genetic incompatibilities. All pairwise crosses between these species conform to Haldane's rule, producing fertile F1 hybrid females and sterile F1 hybrid males. The close phylogenetic proximity of the D. simulans clade species to the model organism, D. melanogaster, has empowered genetic analyses of their species differences, including reproductive incompatibilities. But perhaps no phenotype has been subject to more continuous and intensive genetic scrutiny than hybrid male sterility. Here we review the history, progress, and current state of our understanding of hybrid male sterility among the D. simulans clade species. Our aim is to integrate the available information from experimental and population genetics analyses bearing on the causes and consequences of hybrid male sterility. We highlight numerous conclusions that have emerged as well as issues that remain unresolved. We focus on the special role of sex chromosomes, the fine-scale genetic architecture of hybrid male sterility, and the history of gene flow between species. The biggest surprises to emerge from this work are that (i) genetic conflicts may be an important general force in the evolution of hybrid incompatibility, (ii) hybrid male sterility is polygenic with contributions of complex epistasis, and (iii) speciation, even among these geographically allopatric taxa, has involved the interplay of gene flow, negative selection, and positive selection. These three conclusions are marked departures from the classical views of speciation that emerged from the modern evolutionary synthesis.
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- Daven C. Presgraves
- Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, United States
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Smukowski Heil C, Patterson K, Hickey ASM, Alcantara E, Dunham MJ. Transposable Element Mobilization in Interspecific Yeast Hybrids. Genome Biol Evol 2021; 13:6141023. [PMID: 33595639 PMCID: PMC7952228 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evab033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Barbara McClintock first hypothesized that interspecific hybridization could provide a “genomic shock” that leads to the mobilization of transposable elements (TEs). This hypothesis is based on the idea that regulation of TE movement is potentially disrupted in hybrids. However, the handful of studies testing this hypothesis have yielded mixed results. Here, we set out to identify if hybridization can increase transposition rate and facilitate colonization of TEs in Saccharomyces cerevisiae × Saccharomyces uvarum interspecific yeast hybrids. Saccharomyces cerevisiae have a small number of active long terminal repeat retrotransposons (Ty elements), whereas their distant relative S. uvarum have lost the Ty elements active in S. cerevisiae. Although the regulation system of Ty elements is known in S. cerevisiae, it is unclear how Ty elements are regulated in other Saccharomyces species, and what mechanisms contributed to the loss of most classes of Ty elements in S. uvarum. Therefore, we first assessed whether TEs could insert in the S. uvarum sub-genome of a S. cerevisiae × S. uvarum hybrid. We induced transposition to occur in these hybrids and developed a sequencing technique to show that Ty elements insert readily and nonrandomly in the S. uvarum genome. We then used an in vivo reporter construct to directly measure transposition rate in hybrids, demonstrating that hybridization itself does not alter rate of mobilization. However, we surprisingly show that species-specific mitochondrial inheritance can change transposition rate by an order of magnitude. Overall, our results provide evidence that hybridization can potentially facilitate the introduction of TEs across species boundaries and alter transposition via mitochondrial transmission, but that this does not lead to unrestrained proliferation of TEs suggested by the genomic shock theory.
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- Caiti Smukowski Heil
- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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In fact, nearly every scientist who has written on the general subject of evolution has felt compelled to show how deftly he can skate toward the abyss of teleology without falling in.J.H. Campbell (1985), 163Molecular biology has as its primary objective the elucidation of the coupling between genotype and phenotype. This goal has so far been pursued within a neoDarwinian theoretical framework which is relatively limited. Within this framework we can indeed understand remarkably well the mechanisms of replication and expression of genes and the means by which replication and expression are regulated in cells; we know how genotype determines phenotype at the molecular level, in single cells. We are also close to an understanding of the relationship between genes and development in muticellular animals and plants.
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Zouros E. A MODEL FOR THE EVOLUTION OF ASYMMETRICAL MALE HYBRID STERILITY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR SPECIATION. Evolution 2017; 40:1171-1184. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1986.tb05742.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/1985] [Accepted: 06/11/1986] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- E. Zouros
- Department of Biology; Dalhousie University; Halifax NS B3H 4J1 Canada
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Anxolabéhère D, Beneš H, Nouaud D, Periquet G. EVOLUTIONARY STEPS AND TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER: THE MISSING RP TYPE OBTAINED BY GENETIC TRANSFORMATION. Evolution 2017; 41:846-853. [PMID: 28564366 DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1987.tb05857.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/1986] [Accepted: 12/01/1986] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The I-R and P-M hybrid dysgenesis systems in Drosophila melanogaster have been interpreted as due to recent invasions of the genome by the I and P mobile genetic elements. Temporal and geographical surveys have never shown individuals harboring P sequences but devoid of active I elements. We describe here the successful genetic transformation by autonomous P elements of embryos initially devoid of active I elements and any P sequences. The results demonstrate that P elements may invade the genome of Drosophila melanogaster in the absence of active I elements. Using gel blotting, in situ hybridization techniques, and genetic experiments, we have monitored the behavior of newly introduced P elements in several transformed lines over 30 generations. The switch of cytotype from M to P occurred very slowly and the number of P copies simultaneously increased to about 25. These RP lines possess the properties required to induce P-M hybrid dysgenesis but totally retain the R cellular state. Consequently, this new mobile element combination presents a strong reciprocal post-zygotic isolation with IM strains due to both P-M and I-R hybrid dysgenesis systems. This genomic incompatibility could be considered as a first step toward speciation in Drosophila populations.
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- D Anxolabéhère
- Laboratoire de Génétique des Populations, UA CNRS 693, Université P. M. Curie, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005, Paris, France
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- Institut J. Monod, CNRS et Université Paris 7, 2 Place Jussieu, 75251, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Génétique des Populations, UA CNRS 693, Université P. M. Curie, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005, Paris, France
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- Institut de Biocénotique Expérimental des Agrosystèmes, UA CNRS 340, Parc Grandmont, Avenue Monge, 37200, Tours, France
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Bernatchez L, Dodson JJ. ALLOPATRIC ORIGIN OF SYMPATRIC POPULATIONS OF LAKE WHITEFISH (COREGONUS CLUPEAFORMIS) AS REVEALED BY MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA RESTRICTION ANALYSIS. Evolution 2017; 44:1263-1271. [PMID: 28563883 DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1990.tb05230.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/1989] [Accepted: 12/20/1989] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In the paper, restriction-fragment length polymorphisms in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) were studied to test the hypothesis that sympatric populations of lake whitefish in the Allegash basin have recently diverged through sympatric speciation. Thirteen restriction enzymes were used to analyze mtDNA of 156 specimens representing 13 populations from eastern Canada and northern Maine where normal and dwarf phenotypes of whitefish exist in sympatry and allopatry. Two monophyletic assemblages of populations that exhibit different geographic distributions were identified. One showed an eastern distribution that expands from Cape Breton to the Allegash basin and the other exhibits a more western distribution. The Allegash basin was the only area of overlap. The western assemblage exhibited the normal size phenotype in all cases, whereas the eastern assemblage exhibited the normal size phenotype in allopatric conditions and the dwarf size phenotype in sympatry. The existence of sympatric pairs in the Allegash basin result from the secondary contact of two monophyletic groups of whitefish that evolved allopatrically in separate refugia during the last glaciation events. The weak mtDNA difference of sympatric pairs suggests that speciation of lake whitefish in eastern North America was accompanied by only minor alterations of the ancestral gene pool.
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- Louis Bernatchez
- Département de Biologie, Université Laval, Sainte-Foy, (Québec), CANADA, G1K 7P4
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- Département de Biologie, Université Laval, Sainte-Foy, (Québec), CANADA, G1K 7P4
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Breeuwer JAJ, Werren JH. HYBRID BREAKDOWN BETWEEN TWO HAPLODIPLOID SPECIES: THE ROLE OF NUCLEAR AND CYTOPLASMIC GENES. Evolution 2017; 49:705-717. [PMID: 28565135 DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1995.tb02307.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/1993] [Accepted: 08/15/1994] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Johannes A. J. Breeuwer
- Department of Biology University of Rochester Rochester New York 14627
- Institute for Systematics and Population Biology University of Amsterdam Kruislaan 320, 1098 SM Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Biology University of Rochester Rochester New York 14627
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Brunet TDP, Doolittle WF. Multilevel Selection Theory and the Evolutionary Functions of Transposable Elements. Genome Biol Evol 2015; 7:2445-57. [PMID: 26253318 PMCID: PMC4558868 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evv152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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One of several issues at play in the renewed debate over “junk DNA” is the organizational level at which genomic features might be seen as selected, and thus to exhibit function, as etiologically defined. The intuition frequently expressed by molecular geneticists that junk DNA is functional because it serves to “speed evolution” or as an “evolutionary repository” could be recast as a claim about selection between species (or clades) rather than within them, but this is not often done. Here, we review general arguments for the importance of selection at levels above that of organisms in evolution, and develop them further for a common genomic feature: the carriage of transposable elements (TEs). In many species, not least our own, TEs comprise a large fraction of all nuclear DNA, and whether they individually or collectively contribute to fitness—or are instead junk— is a subject of ongoing contestation. Even if TEs generally owe their origin to selfish selection at the lowest level (that of genomes), their prevalence in extant organisms and the prevalence of extant organisms bearing them must also respond to selection within species (on organismal fitness) and between species (on rates of speciation and extinction). At an even higher level, the persistence of clades may be affected (positively or negatively) by TE carriage. If indeed TEs speed evolution, it is at these higher levels of selection that such a function might best be attributed to them as a class.
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- Tyler D P Brunet
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Chromatin evolution and molecular drive in speciation. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 2011; 2012:301894. [PMID: 22191063 PMCID: PMC3235502 DOI: 10.1155/2012/301894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2011] [Accepted: 10/05/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Are there biological generalities that underlie hybrid sterility or inviability? Recently, around a dozen "speciation genes" have been identified mainly in Drosophila, and the biological functions of these genes are revealing molecular generalities. Major cases of hybrid sterility and inviability seem to result from chromatin evolution and molecular drive in speciation. Repetitive satellite DNAs within heterochromatin, especially at centromeres, evolve rapidly through molecular drive mechanisms (both meiotic and centromeric). Chromatin-binding proteins, therefore, must also evolve rapidly to maintain binding capability. As a result, chromatin binding proteins may not be able to interact with chromosomes from another species in a hybrid, causing hybrid sterility and inviability.
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Jurka J, Bao W, Kojima KK. Families of transposable elements, population structure and the origin of species. Biol Direct 2011; 6:44. [PMID: 21929767 PMCID: PMC3183009 DOI: 10.1186/1745-6150-6-44] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2011] [Accepted: 09/19/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Eukaryotic genomes harbor diverse families of repetitive DNA derived from transposable elements (TEs) that are able to replicate and insert into genomic DNA. The biological role of TEs remains unclear, although they have profound mutagenic impact on eukaryotic genomes and the origin of repetitive families often correlates with speciation events. We present a new hypothesis to explain the observed correlations based on classical concepts of population genetics. Presentation of the hypothesis The main thesis presented in this paper is that the TE-derived repetitive families originate primarily by genetic drift in small populations derived mostly by subdivisions of large populations into subpopulations. We outline the potential impact of the emerging repetitive families on genetic diversification of different subpopulations, and discuss implications of such diversification for the origin of new species. Testing the hypothesis Several testable predictions of the hypothesis are examined. First, we focus on the prediction that the number of diverse families of TEs fixed in a representative genome of a particular species positively correlates with the cumulative number of subpopulations (demes) in the historical metapopulation from which the species has emerged. Furthermore, we present evidence indicating that human AluYa5 and AluYb8 families might have originated in separate proto-human subpopulations. We also revisit prior evidence linking the origin of repetitive families to mammalian phylogeny and present additional evidence linking repetitive families to speciation based on mammalian taxonomy. Finally, we discuss evidence that mammalian orders represented by the largest numbers of species may be subject to relatively recent population subdivisions and speciation events. Implications of the hypothesis The hypothesis implies that subdivision of a population into small subpopulations is the major step in the origin of new families of TEs as well as of new species. The origin of new subpopulations is likely to be driven by the availability of new biological niches, consistent with the hypothesis of punctuated equilibria. The hypothesis also has implications for the ongoing debate on the role of genetic drift in genome evolution. Reviewers This article was reviewed by Eugene Koonin, Juergen Brosius and I. King Jordan.
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- Jerzy Jurka
- Genetic Information Research Institute, 1925 Landings Drive, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
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Coates BS, Kroemer JA, Sumerford DV, Hellmich RL. A novel class of miniature inverted repeat transposable elements (MITEs) that contain hitchhiking (GTCY)(n) microsatellites. INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2011; 20:15-27. [PMID: 20977507 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2010.01046.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The movement of miniature inverted repeat transposable elements (MITEs) modifies genome structure and function. We describe the microsatellite-associated interspersed nuclear element 2 (MINE-2), that integrates at consensus WTTTT target sites, creates dinucleotide TT target site duplications (TSDs), and forms predicted MITE-like secondary structures; a 5' subterminal inverted repeat (SIR; AGGGTTCCGTAG) that is partially complementary to a 5' inverted repeat (IR; ACGAAGCCCT) and 3'-SIRs (TTACGGAACCCT). A (GTCY)(n) microsatellite is hitchhiking downstream of conserved 5'MINE-2 secondary structures, causing flanking sequence similarity amongst mobile microsatellite loci. Transfection of insect cell lines indicates that MITE-like secondary structures are sufficient to mediate genome integration, and provides insight into the transposition mechanism used by MINE-2s.
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- B S Coates
- USDA-ARS, Corn Insects & Crop Genetics Research Unit, Genetics Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50010, USA.
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Chester M, Leitch AR, Soltis PS, Soltis DE. Review of the Application of Modern Cytogenetic Methods (FISH/GISH) to the Study of Reticulation (Polyploidy/Hybridisation). Genes (Basel) 2010; 1:166-92. [PMID: 24710040 PMCID: PMC3954085 DOI: 10.3390/genes1020166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2010] [Revised: 06/30/2010] [Accepted: 06/30/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The convergence of distinct lineages upon interspecific hybridisation, including when accompanied by increases in ploidy (allopolyploidy), is a driving force in the origin of many plant species. In plant breeding too, both interspecific hybridisation and allopolyploidy are important because they facilitate introgression of alien DNA into breeding lines enabling the introduction of novel characters. Here we review how fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) and genomic in situ hybridisation (GISH) have been applied to: 1) studies of interspecific hybridisation and polyploidy in nature, 2) analyses of phylogenetic relationships between species, 3) genetic mapping and 4) analysis of plant breeding materials. We also review how FISH is poised to take advantage of nextgeneration sequencing (NGS) technologies, helping the rapid characterisation of the repetitive fractions of a genome in natural populations and agricultural plants.
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- Michael Chester
- Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA.
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, UK.
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- Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA.
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- Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA.
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Malone CD, Hannon GJ. Molecular evolution of piRNA and transposon control pathways in Drosophila. COLD SPRING HARBOR SYMPOSIA ON QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY 2010; 74:225-34. [PMID: 20453205 DOI: 10.1101/sqb.2009.74.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The mere prevalence and potential mobilization of transposable elements in eukaryotic genomes present challenges at both the organismal and population levels. Not only is transposition able to alter gene function and chromosomal structure, but loss of control over even a single active element in the germline can create an evolutionary dead end. Despite the dangers of coexistence, transposons and their activity have been shown to drive the evolution of gene function, chromosomal organization, and even population dynamics (Kazazian 2004). This implies that organisms have adopted elaborate means to balance both the positive and detrimental consequences of transposon activity. In this chapter, we focus on the fruit fly to explore some of the molecular clues into the long- and short-term adaptation to transposon colonization and persistence within eukaryotic genomes.
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- C D Malone
- Watson School of Biological Sciences, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA
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Restriction endonuclease digestion of genomic DNA generates DNA fragments of unique size, dependent upon the particular base sequence. Following fractionation by agarose gel electrophoresis, repetitive DNA can be visualized as distinct bands in stained gels and the restriction fragment length of such bands used as diagnostic characters. Restriction fragment length differences were detected between species within the genera Trichinella, Caenorhabditis, Romanomermis, Steinernema (syn. Neoaplectana) and Meloidogyne. This technique provides a new tool for the taxonomist, which is independent of phenotypic variation and it enables the rapid and reliable separation of closely related species.
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Transposons populate the landscape of all eukaryotic genomes. Often considered purely genomic parasites, transposons can also benefit their hosts, playing roles in gene regulation and in genome organization and evolution. Peaceful coexistence with mobile elements depends upon adaptive control mechanisms, since unchecked transposon activity can impact long-term fitness and acutely reduce the fertility of progeny. Here, we review the conserved roles played by small RNAs in the adaptation of eukaryotes to coexist with their genomic colonists. An understanding of transposon-defense pathways has uncovered recurring themes in the mechanisms by which genomes distinguish "self" from "non-self" and selectively silence the latter.
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- Colin D Malone
- Watson School of Biological Sciences, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA
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Prakash BM, Murthy BCK, Puttaraju HP. Exploring Heterogeneity in the Tachinid Uzifly, Exorista sorbillans. CYTOLOGIA 2009. [DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.74.259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- B. M. Prakash
- Laboratory of Seribiotechnology, Department of Sericulture and Life Sciences, Bangalore university
- Evolutionary Biology Laboratory, Evolutionary and Organismal Biology Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advance Scientific Research
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- Laboratory of Seribiotechnology, Department of Sericulture and Life Sciences, Bangalore university
- Marker Assisted selection Laboratory, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, University of Agricultural Scienes
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- Laboratory of Seribiotechnology, Department of Sericulture and Life Sciences, Bangalore university
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WOODRUFF DAVIDS. Genetic anomalies associated with Cerion hybrid zones: the origin and maintenance of new electromorphic variants called hybrizymes. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1989.tb00495.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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APFELBAUM LILIANAI, REIG OSVALDOA. Allozyme genetic distances and evolutionary relationships in species of akodontine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1989.tb01578.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Jurka J, Kapitonov VV, Kohany O, Jurka MV. Repetitive sequences in complex genomes: structure and evolution. Annu Rev Genomics Hum Genet 2007; 8:241-59. [PMID: 17506661 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genom.8.080706.092416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 238] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Eukaryotic genomes contain vast amounts of repetitive DNA derived from transposable elements (TEs). Large-scale sequencing of these genomes has produced an unprecedented wealth of information about the origin, diversity, and genomic impact of what was once thought to be "junk DNA." This has also led to the identification of two new classes of DNA transposons, Helitrons and Polintons, as well as several new superfamilies and thousands of new families. TEs are evolutionary precursors of many genes, including RAG1, which plays a role in the vertebrate immune system. They are also the driving force in the evolution of epigenetic regulation and have a long-term impact on genomic stability and evolution. Remnants of TEs appear to be overrepresented in transcription regulatory modules and other regions conserved among distantly related species, which may have implications for our understanding of their impact on speciation.
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- Jerzy Jurka
- Genetic Information Research Institute, Mountain View, California 94043, USA.
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Wang S, Bao Z, Hu X, Shao M, Zhang L, Hu J. Two novel elements (CFG1 and PYG1) of Mag lineage of Ty3/Gypsy retrotransposons from Zhikong scallop (Chlamys farreri) and Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis). Genetica 2007; 133:37-46. [PMID: 17694394 DOI: 10.1007/s10709-007-9180-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2007] [Accepted: 07/16/2007] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Two novel elements (CFG1 and PYG1) of Mag lineage of Ty3/Gypsy retrotransposons were cloned from Zhikong scallop (Chlamys farreri) and Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis). The total length of the CFG1 element is 4826 bp, including 5'-LTR (192 bp), the entire ORF (4047 bp) and 3'-LTR (189 bp). The entire ORFs of both CFG1 and PYG1 elements are composed of 1348 aa and do not have any frameshifts. Their closest relative is Jule element from the poeciliid fish (Xiphophorus maculatus). On average, the diploid genome of C. farreri contains approximately 84 copies of CFG1 elements. We summarize the major features of CFG1, PYG1 and other elements of Mag lineage of the Ty3/Gypsy group. mRNA expression of CFG1 element in larvae increases gradually before the gastrulae stage and decreases gradually afterward, whereas in adductor such expression in adductor muscle and digestive gland are lower than those in other tissues. Overall, mRNA expression of CFG1 element in the early larvae is significantly higher than that in adult tissues. In muscle tissue, while the promoter and partial GAG domain of CFG1 element are unmethylated, the partial RT domain is highly methylated. These results suggest that CFG1 expression may be controlled by a post-transcriptional gene silencing mechanism that is associated with coding-region (RT domain) methylation.
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- Shi Wang
- Lab of Molecular Genetics and Breeding of Mollusk, College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao 266003, China
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A new study finds a dramatic increase in transposable element numbers in three new sunflower hybrid species, and may suggest a novel role for transposable elements in speciation.
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Brosius J. Echoes from the past--are we still in an RNP world? Cytogenet Genome Res 2005; 110:8-24. [PMID: 16093654 DOI: 10.1159/000084934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2004] [Accepted: 05/04/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Availability of the human genome sequence and those of other species is unmeasured in their value for a comprehensive understanding of the architecture, function and evolution of genomes and cells. Various mechanisms keep genomes in flux and generate intra- and interspecies variation. The conversion of RNA modules into DNA and their more or less random integration into chromosomes (retroposition) is in many lineages including our own the most pervasive and perhaps the most enigmatic. The proclivity of such events in extant multicellular eukaryotes, even in more recent evolutionary times, gives the impression that the transition period from the RNP (ribonucleoprotein) world to the emergence of modern cells, where DNA became the predominant carrier of genetic information, has lasted billions of years and is an endlessly drawn-out process rather than the punctuated event one might expect. Apart from the impact of such RNA-mediated processes as retroposition, the role of RNA in a wide variety of cellular functions has only recently become more widely appreciated.
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- J Brosius
- Institute of Experimental Pathology, ZMBE, University of Munster, Munster, Germany.
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Godfrey L, Marks J. The nature and origins of primate species. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 2005. [DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.1330340605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Orr HA. The genetic basis of reproductive isolation: insights from Drosophila. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102 Suppl 1:6522-6. [PMID: 15851676 PMCID: PMC1131866 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0501893102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Recent studies of the genetics of speciation in Drosophila have focused on two problems: (i) identifying and characterizing the genes that cause reproductive isolation, and (ii) determining the evolutionary forces that drove the divergence of these "speciation genes." Here, I review this work. I conclude that speciation genes correspond to ordinary loci having normal functions within species. These genes fall into several functional classes, although a role in transcriptional regulation could prove particularly common. More important, speciation genes are typically very rapidly evolving, and this divergence is often driven by positive Darwinian selection. Finally, I review recent work in Drosophila pseudoobscura on the possible role of meiotic drive in the evolution of the genes that cause postzygotic isolation.
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- H Allen Orr
- Department of Biology, University of Rochester, NY 14627, USA.
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The objective of this review is to provide a synthesis of speciation theory, of what is known about mechanisms of speciation in fungi and from this, what is expected, and of ideas on how speciation can be elucidated in more fungal systems. The emphasis is on process rather than pattern. Phylogeographic studies in some groups, such as the agarics, demonstrate predominantly allopatric speciation, often through vicariance, as seen in many plants and animals. The variety of life history factors in fungi suggests, however, a diversity in speciation mechanisms that is borne out in comparison of some key examples. Life history features in fungi with a bearing on speciation include genetic mechanisms for intra- and interspecies interactions, haploidy as monokaryons, dikaryons, or coenocytes, distinctive types of propagules with distinctive modes of dispersal, as well as characteristic relationships to the substrate or host as specialized or generalist saprotrophs, parasites or mutualists with associated opportunities and selective pressures for hybridization. Approaches are proposed for both retrospective, phylogeographic determination of speciation mechanisms, and experimental studies with the potential for genomic applications, particularly in examining the relationship between adaptation and reproductive isolation.
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- Linda M Kohn
- Department of Botany, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5L 1C6.
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D. montana (a species of the D. virilis group) has spread over the northern hemisphere, populations from different areas showing both genetic and phenotypic divergence. The males of this species produce an elaborate courtship song, which plays a major role both in species recognition and in intraspecific mate choice. The genetic architecture and physical constraints, as well as the importance of the signal for species recognition, set boundaries within which this signal can vary. Within these limits, courtship song parameters may change, depending on the males' physical condition and on the environment they inhabit. Females are likely to affect song evolution by exerting directional selection toward higher carrier frequencies. Given this complexity, only a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach, starting with traditional field observation and combining controlled behavioral experiments, biometric measurements, and sophisticated molecular techniques, has the potential of shedding light on the past history and the evolution of this signal, and, eventually, adding to our understanding of the mechanisms, functions, and outcomes of sexual selection in acoustic communication systems.
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- Anneli Hoikkala
- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, FIN-40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland
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Clemente M, de Miguel N, Lia VV, Matrajt M, Angel SO. Structure analysis of two Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum satellite DNA families and evolution of their common monomeric sequence. J Mol Evol 2004; 58:557-67. [PMID: 15170259 DOI: 10.1007/s00239-003-2578-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2003] [Accepted: 11/26/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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A family of repetitive DNA elements of approximately 350 bp-Sat350-that are members of Toxoplasma gondii satellite DNA was further analyzed. Sequence analysis identified at least three distinct repeat types within this family, called types A, B, and C. B repeats were divided into the subtypes B1 and B2. A search for internal repetitions within this family permitted the identification of conserved regions and the design of PCR primers that amplify almost all these repetitive elements. These primers amplified the expected 350-bp repeats and a novel 680-bp repetitive element (Sat680) related to this family. Two additional tandemly repeated high-order structures corresponding to this satellite DNA family were found by searching the Toxoplasma genome database with these sequences. These studies were confirmed by sequence analysis and identified: (1). an arrangement of AB1CB2 350-bp repeats and (2). an arrangement of two 350-bp-like repeats, resulting in a 680-bp monomer. Sequence comparison and phylogenetic analysis indicated that both high-order structures may have originated from the same ancestral 350-bp repeat. PCR amplification, sequence analysis and Southern blot showed that similar high-order structures were also found in the Toxoplasma-sister taxon Neospora caninum. The Toxoplasma genome database (http://ToxoDB.org ) permitted the assembly of a contig harboring Sat350 elements at one end and a long nonrepetitive DNA sequence flanking this satellite DNA. The region bordering the Sat350 repeats contained two differentially expressed sequence-related regions and interstitial telomeric sequences.
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Zabalou S, Alahiotis SN, Yannopoulos G. A three-season comparative analysis of the chromosomal distribution of P and hobo mobile elements in a natural population of Drosophila melanogaster. Hereditas 2004; 120:127-40. [PMID: 8083059 DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1994.00127.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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An analysis on the chromosomal distribution of P and hobo elements in a Greek natural population extending over three seasons showed that the P elements were more abundant in the population than hobos. The copy number distribution per chromosome arm was in general random. The X chromosome had more P copies and the 3R arm more hobos in all three collections. Significant seasonal differences were not observed for these two elements in relation to the total number of insertions per haploid genome. There were, however, certain seasonal differences. They involved the copy number variability, the intra-arm distribution, the distribution along the chromosomes, and the spread and occupancy frequencies. There were no significant differences between the copy numbers of the two elements carried by the standard and the corresponding inverted regions for a number of inversions found in the population. Finally, three out of the five cosmopolitan inversions were found to have hobo insertions at or very near the one of the two breakpoints. Three out of the total had P insertions at or very near the one of the two breakpoints in some squashes and two of the three endemic inversions had a hobo insertion at or very near the one breakpoint, while the third had a P insertion.
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- S Zabalou
- Department of Biology, University of Patras, Greece
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Greig D, Travisano M, Louis EJ, Borts RH. A role for the mismatch repair system during incipient speciation in Saccharomyces. J Evol Biol 2003; 16:429-37. [PMID: 14635842 DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00546.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The cause of reproductive isolation between biological species is a major issue in the field of biology. Most explanations of hybrid sterility require either genetic incompatibilities between nascent species or gross physical imbalances between their chromosomes, such as rearrangements or ploidy changes. An alternative possibility is that genomes become incompatible at a molecular level, dependent on interactions between primary DNA sequences. The mismatch repair system has previously been shown to contribute to sterility in a hybrid between established yeast species by preventing successful meiotic crossing-over leading to aneuploidy. This system could also promote or reinforce the formation of new species in a similar manner, by making diverging genomes incompatible in meiosis. To test this possibility we crossed yeast strains of the same species but from diverse historical or geographic sources. We show that these crosses are partially sterile and present evidence that the mismatch repair system is largely responsible for this sterility.
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- D Greig
- The Galton Laboratory, Department of Biology, University College London, London, UK
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Presgraves DC, Balagopalan L, Abmayr SM, Orr HA. Adaptive evolution drives divergence of a hybrid inviability gene between two species of Drosophila. Nature 2003; 423:715-9. [PMID: 12802326 DOI: 10.1038/nature01679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 315] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2002] [Accepted: 03/10/2003] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Speciation--the splitting of one species into two--occurs by the evolution of any of several forms of reproductive isolation between taxa, including the intrinsic sterility and inviability of hybrids. Abundant evidence shows that these hybrid fitness problems are caused by incompatible interactions between loci: new alleles that become established in one species are sometimes functionally incompatible with alleles at interacting loci from another species. However, almost nothing is known about the genes involved in such hybrid incompatibilities or the evolutionary forces that drive their divergence. Here we identify a gene that causes epistatic inviability in hybrids between two fruitfly species, Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans. Our population genetic analysis reveals that this gene--which encodes a nuclear pore protein--evolved by positive natural selection in both species' lineages. These results show that a lethal hybrid incompatibility has evolved as a by-product of adaptive protein evolution.
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- Daven C Presgraves
- Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA.
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Kim HS, Hyun BH, Choi JY, Crow TJ. Phylogenetic analysis of a retroposon family as represented on the human X chromosome. Genes Genet Syst 2000; 75:197-202. [PMID: 11126568 DOI: 10.1266/ggs.75.197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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SINE-R elements constitute a class of retroposons derived from the long terminal repeat (LTR) of the human endogenous retrovirus HERV-K family that are present in hominoid primates and active in the human genome. In an investigation of the X chromosome, we identified twenty-five SINE-R elements with between 89.6 and 97.7% homology with the SINE-R.C2 element that is human specific, originally identified in the gene for the C2 component of complement. SINE-R.C2 and a sequence HS307 that we previously identified in a region of Xq21.3 that has a recently created homology with a 4 Mb block in Yp11.2 are amongst the group of elements that have diverged furthest from the parent HERV-K10 sequence. The sequence on the X chromosome resemble those that we previously described on chromosomes 7 and 17 and the Y chromosome, with a similar range of variation. Phylogenetic analysis from the retroposon family including those of African great apes using the neighbor-joining method suggests that the SINE-R retroposon family have evolved independently during primate evolution. Further investigation of SINE-R elements on the sex chromosomes, particularly in recently created regions of X-Y homology, may cast light on the timing of the retroposition process and its possible relevance to recent evolutionary change.
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- H S Kim
- Division of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea.
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Detection of genomic regions differentiating two closely related oak species Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl. and Quercus robur L. Heredity (Edinb) 1997. [DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1997.67] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Boán F, Viñas A, Rodríguez JM, Sánchez L, Gómez-Márquez J. A new EcoRI family of satellite DNA in lampreys. FEBS Lett 1996; 394:187-90. [PMID: 8843161 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(96)00947-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Satellite DNA sequences have been studied in several groups of organisms. However, until now this type of sequence has not been characterized in cyclostomata, an evolutionarily important class of vertebrates. In the present work, we report the molecular characterization of a new family of satellite DNA in lampreys (Petromyzon marinus). Digestion of lamprey DNA with EcoRI identified a series of very abundant AT-rich (60% A+T) repeating units, with short stretches of AT, that are multimers of 370 bp. Southern blot analysis and comparison with the satellite DNA sequences deposited in the databases indicate that this new family of satellite DNA is exclusive to lampreys. The distribution of this EcoRI satellite DNA on lamprey chromosomes was analyzed by in situ hybridization. The evolutionary origin of this satellite is briefly discussed.
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- F Boán
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
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Clabby C, Goswami U, Flavin F, Wilkins NP, Houghton JA, Powell R. Cloning, characterization and chromosomal location of a satellite DNA from the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas. Gene X 1996; 168:205-9. [PMID: 8654945 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(95)00749-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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We report the cloning and characterization of a high-copy-number, tandem-repeat satellite DNA sequence from the genome of the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas (Cg). The monomeric unit was found to be 166 (+/- 2) bp in length with 79-94% homology between monomers of the array. The sequence is A+T-rich (60%) and lacks internal repetition and substructural features. The repeat was estimated to account for 1-4% of the Cg genome. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) studies mapped the repeat to two distinct heterochromatic regions of two pairs of homologous chromosomes on Cg embryonic metaphases. Also, the number of metaphase chromosomes containing this repeat varied with the ploidy of the cell.
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- C Clabby
- Department of Microbiology, University College Galway, Ireland
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Hurst LD. Selfish genetic elements and their role in evolution: the evolution of sex and some of what that entails. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 1995; 349:321-32. [PMID: 8577844 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1995.0120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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An individual is often considered (sometimes implicitly) to be the product of a well functioning mutualism between its constituent genes. This however need not be so. One consequence of sexual reproduction is that costly competition within an individual between genes that are effectively allelic can provide the conditions for the spread of suppressors of such competition. The spread of both these ultracompetitive alleles (alias selfish genetic elements) and their suppressors is evidence of a 'conflict of interests' within the genome. That this conflict is a potentially important force in the evolution of genetic systems is illustrated by consideration of the problem of the evolution of sexes (alias mating types). One hypothesis holds that sexes are the result of selection on nuclear genes to coordinate the inheritance of cytoplasmic genomes (usually this means the enforcement of uniparental inheritance) so as to prevent competition between unrelated cytoplasmic genomes. This hypothesis is tested against five comparative predictions and shown to receive considerable empirical support.
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Sonoda S, Yamada T, Naito T, Nakasuji F. Molecular characterization of a family of tandemly repetitive DNA sequences (pYS family) in the genus Hemitaxonus (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae). IDENGAKU ZASSHI 1995; 70:533-42. [PMID: 7546846 DOI: 10.1266/jjg.70.533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Distribution of a family of tandemly repetitive sequences in Hemitaxonus japonicus (pYS family) was investigated among eight sawfly species and host races in the genus Hemitaxonus. High copy numbers of the repetitive sequences were detected in the two host plant races of H. japonicus, race Polystichum polyblepharum (race PP) and race P. tripteron (race PT), and H. sasayamensis, whereas a low copy number in H. minomensis. Comparison of the nucleotide sequences of the basic repeat units demonstrated a high degree of homology among the four tested species with high AT-rich sequences. Minor repeat units shorter than the consensus basic repeat unit of pYS family were found only in races PP and PT of H. japonicus. Analyses of their nucleotide sequences showed the occurrence of the host race specific sub-repeat units.
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- S Sonoda
- Laboratory of Applied Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Okayama University, Tsushima, Japan
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Sonoda S, Yamada T, Naito T, Nakasuji F. Repetitive DNA sequence families in Hemitaxonus minomensis and H. athyrii (Hymenoptera; Tenthredinidae). IDENGAKU ZASSHI 1995; 70:7-16. [PMID: 7772383 DOI: 10.1266/jjg.70.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Families of the repetitive DNA sequences from Hemitaxonus minomensis and H. athyrii were characterized. pHMS family and pHME family in H. minomensis consist of tandemly arranged arrays whose basic repeat units are 260 bp and 330 bp, respectively. pHAE family in H. athyrii consists of a tandemly arranged array whose basic repeat unit is 330 bp. pHMS family and pHME family occupy approximately 4.8% and 0.07% of the genome of H. minomensis, respectively. By contrast, in H. athyrii, pHAE family comprise 0.04% of the genome. Nucleotide sequence comparison of these three repetitive families showed very little homology. Southern blot hybridization using six species of Hemitaxonus showed that these repetitive families are species specific.
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- S Sonoda
- Laboratory of Applied Entomology, Okayama University, Japan
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SONODA S, YAMADA T, NAITO T, NAKASUJI F. Repetitive DNA sequence families in Hemitaxonus minomensis and H. athyrii (Hymenoptera; Tenthredinidae). Genes Genet Syst 1995. [DOI: 10.1266/ggs.70.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Sonoda S, Yamada T, Naito T, Nakasuji F. Molecular characterization of a family of tandemly repetitive DNA sequences (pYS family) in the genus Hemitaxonus (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae). Genes Genet Syst 1995. [DOI: 10.1266/ggs.70.533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Labrador M, Fontdevila A. High transposition rates of Osvaldo, a new Drosophila buzzatii retrotransposon. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1994; 245:661-74. [PMID: 7545973 DOI: 10.1007/bf00297273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Transposition of a new Drosophila retrotransposon was investigated. Total genomic Southern analysis and polytene in situ hybridizations in D. buzzatii strains and other related species using a 6 kb D. buzzatii clone (cDb314) showed a dispersed, repetitive DNA pattern, suggesting that this clone contains a transposable element (TE). We have sequenced the cDb314 clone and demonstrated that it contains all the conserved protein sequences and motifs typical of retrovirus-related sequences. Although cDb314 does not include the complete TE, the protein sequence alignment demonstrates that it includes a defective copy of a new long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposon, related to the gypsy family, which we have named Osvaldo. Using a D. buzzatii inbred line in which all insertion sites are known, we have measured Osvaldo transposition rates in hybrids between this D. buzzatii line and its sibling species D. koepferae. The results show that Osvaldo transposes in bursts at high rate, both in the D. buzzatii inbred line and in species hybrids.
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- M Labrador
- Departament de Genètica i de Microbiología, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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Transposable DNA elements have only recently been described in a few species of filamentous fungi, but may be more abundant than previously believed. Several different elements have been isolated from the rice blast pathogen Magnaporthe grisea. The distribution and amplification of these elements suggest a potential role in the evolution of the fungal genome.
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- K F Dobinson
- Agriculture Canada, London Research Centre, Ontario
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Kumar A, Rai KS. Molecular organization and evolution of mosquito genomes. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. B, COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY 1993; 106:495-504. [PMID: 7904233 DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(93)90123-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Given the importance of mosquitoes as disease vectors, relatively little is known about the molecular organization and evolution of mosquito genomes as compared to other insects such as fruit flies. The advances in recombinant DNA technology and the possibility that mosquito populations could be controlled and genetically manipulated using such technology has stimulated considerable research during the last few years in the areas of genome organization and evolution, genome mapping, endogenous transposable elements, and mapping and characterization of genes conferring susceptibility to different parasites and pathogens. This review summarizes research currently underway in our laboratory and elsewhere in these areas.
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- A Kumar
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, IN 46556
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Beam CA, Preparata RM, Himes M, Nanney DL. Ribosomal RNA sequencing of members of the Crypthecodinium cohnii (Dinophyceae) species complex; comparison with soluble enzyme studies. J Eukaryot Microbiol 1993; 40:660-7. [PMID: 8401478 DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1993.tb06124.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Sixty-five members of the Crypthecodinium cohnii species complex were analyzed for sequence differences within the D2 region of the 23S ribosomal RNA molecule. On the basis of 46 sequence differences the strains fell into 19 distinct ribosets (strains of identical sequence), some with many members. Members of four of the seven major sibling species (widespread breeding groups) were each found within single ribosets. Members of three other major sibling species were each, however, divided into two ribosets by a single sequence difference correlated with geographic separation and with previously reported electrophoretic polymorphisms of soluble enzymes within the sibling species. In addition to members of major sibling species, some ribosets include many minor sibling species (each represented by only one strain). Of 38 minor sibling species, 22 shared sequence with a major sibling species. Of these 22, 14 were identical in soluble enzymes to their related major sibling species or differed by only one of three enzymes. Other minor sibling species appear to have diverged extensively from any others in both rRNA sequence and electrophoretic profile. As a group, major sibling species differ markedly in the number of minor sibling species associated with them, suggesting differences in frequency of sexually isolating events in their past histories. These findings are discussed in the context of the previously proposed model of sympatric speciation.
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- C A Beam
- Department of Biology, Brooklyn College, New York 11210
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Biémont C. Population genetics of transposable DNA elements. TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS AND EVOLUTION 1993. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-2028-9_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Kass DH, Berger FG, Dawson WD. The evolution of coexisting highly divergent LINE-1 subfamilies within the rodent genus Peromyscus. J Mol Evol 1992; 35:472-85. [PMID: 1474601 DOI: 10.1007/bf00160208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Two distinct members of the LINE-1 (L1) family in Peromyscus were characterized. The two clones, denoted L1Pm55 and L1Pm62, were 1.5 kb and 1.8 kb in length, respectively, and align to the identical region of the L1 sequence of Mus domesticus. Sequence similarity was on the order of 70% between L1Pm55 and L1Pm62, which approximates that between either Peromyscus sequence and Mus L1. L1Pm62 represents a more prevalent subfamily than L1Pm55. L1Pm62 exists in about 500 copies per haploid genome, while L1Pm55 exists in about 100 copies. The existence of major and minor subpopulations of L1 within Peromyscus is in contrast to murine rodents and higher primates, where L1 copy number is on the order of 20,000 to 100,000, and where levels of intraspecific divergence among L1 elements are typically less than 15-20%. Additional Peromyscus clones are similarly divergent from both L1Pm62 and L1Pm55, implying the existence of more than two distinct L1 subfamilies. The highly divergent L1 subfamilies in Peromyscus apparently have been evolving independently for more than 25 million years, preceding the divergence of cricetine and murine rodents. Investigations of the evolution of L1 within Peromyscus by restriction and Southern analysis was performed using species groups represented by the partially interfertile species pairs P. maniculatus-P. polionotus, P. leucopus-P. gossypinus, and P. truei-P. difficilis of the nominate subgenus and P. californicus of the Haplomylomys subgenus. Changes in L1 and species group taxonomic boundaries frequently coincided. The implications for phylogeny are discussed.
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- D H Kass
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208
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Almost nothing is known about the identity of the genes causing reproductive isolation between species. As a first step towards molecular isolation of a 'speciation gene', I mapped and partly characterized a gene causing hybrid male sterility in Drosophila. This analysis shows that sterility of D. melanogaster males who carry the 'dot' fourth chromosome from D. simulans is due entirely to a very small region of the D. simulans chromosome (including only about 5 salivary gland bands or approximately 250 kb of DNA). Thus the hybrid sterility effect of the D. simulans fourth chromosome is almost surely due to a single gene of very large effect (here named hms, hybrid male sterile). Hms is zygotically acting, and the D. simulans allele of hms is completely recessive. Furthermore, complementation tests suggest that hms is not an allele of any known locus in D. melanogaster.
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- H A Orr
- Center for Population Biology, University of California, Davis 95616
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Zhao X, Kochert G. Characterization and genetic mapping of a short, highly repeated, interspersed DNA sequence from rice (Oryza sativa L.). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1992; 231:353-9. [PMID: 1347144 DOI: 10.1007/bf00292702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
Abstract
A short, highly repeated, interspersed DNA sequence from rice was characterized using a combination of techniques and genetically mapped to rice chromosomes by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis. A consensus sequence (GGC)n, where n varies from 13-16, for the repeated sequence family was deduced from sequence analysis. Southern blot analysis, restriction mapping of repeat element-containing genomic clones, and DNA sequence analysis indicated that the repeated sequence is interspersed in the rice genome, and is heterogeneous and divergent. About 200,000 copies are present in the rice genome. Single copy sequences flanking the repeat element were used as RFLP markers to map individual repeat elements. Eleven such repeat elements were mapped to seven different chromosomes. The strategy for characterization of highly dispersed repeated DNA and its uses in genetic mapping, DNA fingerprinting, and evolutionary studies are discussed.
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- X Zhao
- Department of Botany, University of Georgia, Athens 30602
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