Journal article
Evidence for selection at the fused1 locus of Drosophila americana
Genetics (Austin), Vol.158(1), pp.279-290
05/2001
PMCID: PMC1461643
PMID: 11333236
Abstract
We analyze genetic variation at fused1, a locus that is close to the centromere of the X chromosome-autosome (X/4) fusion in Drosophila americana. In contrast to other X-linked and autosomal genes, for which a lack of population subdivision in D. americana has been observed at the DNA level, we find strong haplotype structure associated with the alternative chromosomal arrangements. There are several derived fixed differences at fused1 (including one amino acid replacement) between two haplotype classes of this locus. From these results, we obtain an estimate of an age of approximately 0.61 million years for the origin of the two haplotypes of the fused1 gene. Haplotypes associated with the X/4 fusion have less DNA sequence variation at fused1 than haplotypes associated with the ancestral chromosome arrangement. The X/4 haplotypes also exhibit clinal variation for the allele frequencies of the three most common amino acid replacement polymorphisms, but not for adjacent silent polymorphisms. These patterns of variation are best explained as a result of selection acting on amino acid substitutions, with geographic variation in selection pressures.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Evidence for selection at the fused1 locus of Drosophila americana
- Creators
- J Vieira - Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, United KingdomB F McAllisterB Charlesworth
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Genetics (Austin), Vol.158(1), pp.279-290
- Publisher
- United States
- PMID
- 11333236
- PMCID
- PMC1461643
- ISSN
- 0016-6731
- eISSN
- 1943-2631
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/2001
- Academic Unit
- Biology
- Record Identifier
- 9983992067002771
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