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Detecting the footprint of positive selection in a european population of Drosophila melanogaster: multilocus pattern of variation and distance to coding regions.

ABSTRACT: The effects on nucleotide variation of adaptations to temperate habitats and of the possible bottleneck associated with the origin of European populations of Drosophila melanogaster should be detectable in DNA sequences given the short time elapsed relative to the species population size. We surveyed nucleotide variation in 109 fragments distributed across the X chromosome in a European population of D. melanogaster to detect the footprint of positive selection. Fragments were located primarily in large noncoding regions. Multilocus tests based on Tajima's D statistic revealed a significant departure from neutral expectations in a stationary panmictic population, with an important contribution from both positive and negative D values. A positive relationship between Tajima's D values and distance to coding region was detected, with a comparative excess of significantly negative D values in the subset of fragments closer to coding regions. Also, there was a significant heterogeneity in the polymorphism to divergence ratio, with 12 fragments contributing 42% to the test statistic. Moreover, these fragments were comparatively closer to coding regions. These findings would imply positive selection events, and thus selective sweeps, during the species expansion to Europe.

SUBMITTER: Orengo DJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1471015 | biostudies-other | 2004 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Detecting the footprint of positive selection in a european population of Drosophila melanogaster: multilocus pattern of variation and distance to coding regions.

Orengo Dorcas J DJ Aguadé Montserrat M

Genetics 20040801 4

The effects on nucleotide variation of adaptations to temperate habitats and of the possible bottleneck associated with the origin of European populations of Drosophila melanogaster should be detectable in DNA sequences given the short time elapsed relative to the species population size. We surveyed nucleotide variation in 109 fragments distributed across the X chromosome in a European population of D. melanogaster to detect the footprint of positive selection. Fragments were located primarily ...[more]

PMID: 15342514

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Detecting the footprint of positive selection in a european population of Drosophila melanogaster: multilocus pattern of variation and distance to coding regions.

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Detecting the footprint of positive selection in a european population of Drosophila melanogaster: multilocus pattern of variation and distance to coding regions.

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