Hostname: page-component-cd9895bd7-hc48f Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-25T06:19:20.539Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Unusual pattern of single nucleotide polymorphism at the exuperantia2 locus of Drosophila pseudoobscura

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2003

SOOJIN YI
Affiliation:
Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637-1573, USA
BRIAN CHARLESWORTH
Affiliation:
Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JT, UK
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

We have investigated the pattern of DNA sequence variation at the exuperantia2 locus in Drosophila pseudoobscura. This adds to the increasing dataset of genetic variation in D. pseudoobscura, a useful model species for evolutionary genetic studies. The level of silent site nucleotide diversity and the divergence from an outgroup Drosophila miranda are comparable with those for other X-linked loci. One peculiar pattern at the exu2 locus of D. pseudoobscura is a complete linkage disequilibrium between two SNPs, one of which is a replacement site. As a result, there are two distinct haplotype groups in our dataset. Based upon the comparisons with the outgroup sequences from D. miranda and Drosophila persimilis, we show that the newly derived haplotype group has lower diversity than the ancestral haplotype group. The pattern of protein evolution at exu2 shows some deviation from the neutral model. Together, these and other characteristics of the exu2 locus suggest the action of selection on the pattern of SNP variation, consistent with a partial selective sweep associated with the newly derived haplotype.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2003 Cambridge University Press