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Principles of Genome Evolution in the Drosophila melanogaster Species Group
That closely related species often differ by chromosomal inversions was discovered by Sturtevant and Plunkett in 1926. Our knowledge of how these inversions originate is still very limited, although a prevailing view is that they are facilitated by ectopic recombination events between inverted repet...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1885836/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17550304 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0050152 |
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author | Ranz, José M Maurin, Damien Chan, Yuk S von Grotthuss, Marcin Hillier, LaDeana W Roote, John Ashburner, Michael Bergman, Casey M |
author_facet | Ranz, José M Maurin, Damien Chan, Yuk S von Grotthuss, Marcin Hillier, LaDeana W Roote, John Ashburner, Michael Bergman, Casey M |
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description | That closely related species often differ by chromosomal inversions was discovered by Sturtevant and Plunkett in 1926. Our knowledge of how these inversions originate is still very limited, although a prevailing view is that they are facilitated by ectopic recombination events between inverted repetitive sequences. The availability of genome sequences of related species now allows us to study in detail the mechanisms that generate interspecific inversions. We have analyzed the breakpoint regions of the 29 inversions that differentiate the chromosomes of Drosophila melanogaster and two closely related species, D. simulans and D. yakuba, and reconstructed the molecular events that underlie their origin. Experimental and computational analysis revealed that the breakpoint regions of 59% of the inversions (17/29) are associated with inverted duplications of genes or other nonrepetitive sequences. In only two cases do we find evidence for inverted repetitive sequences in inversion breakpoints. We propose that the presence of inverted duplications associated with inversion breakpoint regions is the result of staggered breaks, either isochromatid or chromatid, and that this, rather than ectopic exchange between inverted repetitive sequences, is the prevalent mechanism for the generation of inversions in the melanogaster species group. Outgroup analysis also revealed evidence for widespread breakpoint recycling. Lastly, we have found that expression domains in D. melanogaster may be disrupted in D. yakuba, bringing into question their potential adaptive significance. |
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spelling | pubmed-18858362007-06-05 Principles of Genome Evolution in the Drosophila melanogaster Species Group Ranz, José M Maurin, Damien Chan, Yuk S von Grotthuss, Marcin Hillier, LaDeana W Roote, John Ashburner, Michael Bergman, Casey M PLoS Biol Research Article That closely related species often differ by chromosomal inversions was discovered by Sturtevant and Plunkett in 1926. Our knowledge of how these inversions originate is still very limited, although a prevailing view is that they are facilitated by ectopic recombination events between inverted repetitive sequences. The availability of genome sequences of related species now allows us to study in detail the mechanisms that generate interspecific inversions. We have analyzed the breakpoint regions of the 29 inversions that differentiate the chromosomes of Drosophila melanogaster and two closely related species, D. simulans and D. yakuba, and reconstructed the molecular events that underlie their origin. Experimental and computational analysis revealed that the breakpoint regions of 59% of the inversions (17/29) are associated with inverted duplications of genes or other nonrepetitive sequences. In only two cases do we find evidence for inverted repetitive sequences in inversion breakpoints. We propose that the presence of inverted duplications associated with inversion breakpoint regions is the result of staggered breaks, either isochromatid or chromatid, and that this, rather than ectopic exchange between inverted repetitive sequences, is the prevalent mechanism for the generation of inversions in the melanogaster species group. Outgroup analysis also revealed evidence for widespread breakpoint recycling. Lastly, we have found that expression domains in D. melanogaster may be disrupted in D. yakuba, bringing into question their potential adaptive significance. Public Library of Science 2007-06 2007-06-05 /pmc/articles/PMC1885836/ /pubmed/17550304 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0050152 Text en © 2007 Ranz et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Ranz, José M Maurin, Damien Chan, Yuk S von Grotthuss, Marcin Hillier, LaDeana W Roote, John Ashburner, Michael Bergman, Casey M Principles of Genome Evolution in the Drosophila melanogaster Species Group |
title | Principles of Genome Evolution in the Drosophila melanogaster Species Group |
title_full | Principles of Genome Evolution in the Drosophila melanogaster Species Group |
title_fullStr | Principles of Genome Evolution in the Drosophila melanogaster Species Group |
title_full_unstemmed | Principles of Genome Evolution in the Drosophila melanogaster Species Group |
title_short | Principles of Genome Evolution in the Drosophila melanogaster Species Group |
title_sort | principles of genome evolution in the drosophila melanogaster species group |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1885836/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17550304 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0050152 |
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