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Comparative genome sequencing of Drosophila pseudoobscura: chromosomal, gene, and cis-element evolution.

ABSTRACT: We have sequenced the genome of a second Drosophila species, Drosophila pseudoobscura, and compared this to the genome sequence of Drosophila melanogaster, a primary model organism. Throughout evolution the vast majority of Drosophila genes have remained on the same chromosome arm, but within each arm gene order has been extensively reshuffled, leading to a minimum of 921 syntenic blocks shared between the species. A repetitive sequence is found in the D. pseudoobscura genome at many junctions between adjacent syntenic blocks. Analysis of this novel repetitive element family suggests that recombination between offset elements may have given rise to many paracentric inversions, thereby contributing to the shuffling of gene order in the D. pseudoobscura lineage. Based on sequence similarity and synteny, 10,516 putative orthologs have been identified as a core gene set conserved over 25-55 million years (Myr) since the pseudoobscura/melanogaster divergence. Genes expressed in the testes had higher amino acid sequence divergence than the genome-wide average, consistent with the rapid evolution of sex-specific proteins. Cis-regulatory sequences are more conserved than random and nearby sequences between the species--but the difference is slight, suggesting that the evolution of cis-regulatory elements is flexible. Overall, a pattern of repeat-mediated chromosomal rearrangement, and high coadaptation of both male genes and cis-regulatory sequences emerges as important themes of genome divergence between these species of Drosophila.

SUBMITTER: Richards S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC540289 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Comparative genome sequencing of Drosophila pseudoobscura: chromosomal, gene, and cis-element evolution.

Richards Stephen S Liu Yue Y Bettencourt Brian R BR Hradecky Pavel P Letovsky Stan S Nielsen Rasmus R Thornton Kevin K Hubisz Melissa J MJ Chen Rui R Meisel Richard P RP Couronne Olivier O Hua Sujun S Smith Mark A MA Zhang Peili P Liu Jing J Bussemaker Harmen J HJ van Batenburg Marinus F MF Howells Sally L SL Scherer Steven E SE Sodergren Erica E Matthews Beverly B BB Crosby Madeline A MA Schroeder Andrew J AJ Ortiz-Barrientos Daniel D Rives Catharine M CM Metzker Michael L ML Muzny Donna M DM Scott Graham G Steffen David D Wheeler David A DA Worley Kim C KC Havlak Paul P Durbin K James KJ Egan Amy A Gill Rachel R Hume Jennifer J Morgan Margaret B MB Miner George G Hamilton Cerissa C Huang Yanmei Y Waldron Lenée L Verduzco Daniel D Clerc-Blankenburg Kerstin P KP Dubchak Inna I Noor Mohamed A F MA Anderson Wyatt W White Kevin P KP Clark Andrew G AG Schaeffer Stephen W SW Gelbart William W Weinstock George M GM Gibbs Richard A RA

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We have sequenced the genome of a second Drosophila species, Drosophila pseudoobscura, and compared this to the genome sequence of Drosophila melanogaster, a primary model organism. Throughout evolution the vast majority of Drosophila genes have remained on the same chromosome arm, but within each arm gene order has been extensively reshuffled, leading to a minimum of 921 syntenic blocks shared between the species. A repetitive sequence is found in the D. pseudoobscura genome at many junctions b ...[more]

PMID: 15632085

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Comparative genome sequencing of Drosophila pseudoobscura: chromosomal, gene, and cis-element evolution.

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Comparative genome sequencing of Drosophila pseudoobscura: chromosomal, gene, and cis-element evolution.

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