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Distribution and Evolution of Pseudogenes, Gene Losses, and a Gene Rearrangement in the Plastid Genome of the Nonphotosynthetic Liverwort, Aneura mirabilis (Metzgeriales, Jungermanniopsida)
- Source :
- Journal of Molecular Evolution. 67:111-122
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2008.
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Abstract
- The plastid genome sequence of the parasitic liverwort Aneura mirabilis revealed the loss of five chlororespiration (ndh) genes. Additionally, six ndh genes, subunits of photosystem I, photosystem II, and the cytochrome b6f complex were inferred to be pseudogenes. Pseudogenes of cysA, cyst, ccsA, and ycf3, an inversion of psbE and petL, were also detected. The designation of pseudogenes was made using comparisons with the distantly related liverwort Marchantia polymorpha. We sampled several populations of A. mirabilis and its photosynthetic sister groups to correlate functional gene losses with the evolution of a achlorophylly. The gene losses, pseudogenes, or the psbE-petL inversion were never detected in a photosynthetic Aneura but were detected in every population of A. mirabilis. One population of A. mirabilis revealed a unique deletion of 541 bp in the psbE-petL region; another is characterized by a unique deletion of 471 bp in the trnV(UAC)-ndhC region. The ratio of synonymous-to-nonsynonymous substitution rates (omega) was estimated for eight pseudogenes and six ORFs to detect relaxed purifying selection. A significant increase in omega for the nonphotosynthetic liverwort was detected in six pseudogenes. Relaxation purifying selection, determined by a significant increase in omega, was detected for three intact ORFs: psbA, psbM, and rbcL.
- Subjects :
- Gene Rearrangement
Hepatophyta
Genetics
education.field_of_study
biology
Cryptothallus
Pseudogene
Genome, Plastid
Population
Gene rearrangement
Genes, Plant
biology.organism_classification
Photosystem I
Evolution, Molecular
Marchantia polymorpha
ORFS
education
Molecular Biology
Gene
Gene Deletion
Phylogeny
Pseudogenes
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14321432 and 00222844
- Volume :
- 67
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Molecular Evolution
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....769ab9aee8d9fa033409f60f8c81c4cf