Artikel ; Online: Drosophila muller f elements maintain a distinct set of genomic properties over 40 million years of evolution.
2015 Band 5, Heft 5, Seite(n) 719–740
Abstract: The Muller F element (4.2 Mb, ~80 protein-coding genes) is an unusual autosome of Drosophila melanogaster; it is mostly heterochromatic with a low recombination rate. To investigate how these properties impact the evolution of repeats and genes, we ... ...
| Abstract | The Muller F element (4.2 Mb, ~80 protein-coding genes) is an unusual autosome of Drosophila melanogaster; it is mostly heterochromatic with a low recombination rate. To investigate how these properties impact the evolution of repeats and genes, we manually improved the sequence and annotated the genes on the D. erecta, D. mojavensis, and D. grimshawi F elements and euchromatic domains from the Muller D element. We find that F elements have greater transposon density (25-50%) than euchromatic reference regions (3-11%). Among the F elements, D. grimshawi has the lowest transposon density (particularly DINE-1: 2% vs. 11-27%). F element genes have larger coding spans, more coding exons, larger introns, and lower codon bias. Comparison of the Effective Number of Codons with the Codon Adaptation Index shows that, in contrast to the other species, codon bias in D. grimshawi F element genes can be attributed primarily to selection instead of mutational biases, suggesting that density and types of transposons affect the degree of local heterochromatin formation. F element genes have lower estimated DNA melting temperatures than D element genes, potentially facilitating transcription through heterochromatin. Most F element genes (~90%) have remained on that element, but the F element has smaller syntenic blocks than genome averages (3.4-3.6 vs. 8.4-8.8 genes per block), indicating greater rates of inversion despite lower rates of recombination. Overall, the F element has maintained characteristics that are distinct from other autosomes in the Drosophila lineage, illuminating the constraints imposed by a heterochromatic milieu. |
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| Mesh-Begriff(e) | Animals ; Codon ; Computational Biology ; DNA Transposable Elements ; Drosophila/genetics ; Drosophila Proteins/genetics ; Drosophila melanogaster/genetics ; Evolution, Molecular ; Exons ; Gene Rearrangement ; Genome ; Genomics ; Heterochromatin ; Introns ; Molecular Sequence Annotation ; Polytene Chromosomes ; Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid ; Selection, Genetic ; Species Specificity |
| Chemische Substanzen | Codon ; DNA Transposable Elements ; Drosophila Proteins ; Heterochromatin |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Erscheinungsdatum | 2015-03-04 |
| Erscheinungsland | United States |
| Dokumenttyp | Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
| ZDB-ID | 2629978-1 |
| ISSN | 2160-1836 ; 2160-1836 |
| ISSN (online) | 2160-1836 |
| ISSN | 2160-1836 |
| DOI | 10.1534/g3.114.015966 |
| Datenquelle | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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