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The history of a genetic system.

ABSTRACT: Although the chromosomal polymorphism for inversions in Drosophila pseudoobscura is one of the best studied systems in population genetics, the identity of the ancestral gene arrangement has remained unresolved for more than 50 years. There are more than 40 gene arrangements, and 4 of them (Standard, Hypothetical, Santa Cruz, and Tree Line) have been considered as candidates for the ancestral type. We propose a framework of competing hypotheses to distinguish among the alternatives. Two conclusions come from contrasting each hypothesis with the results from DNA sequencing and restriction mapping. First, not only Standard but also Hypothetical can be excluded as the ancestral gene arrangement. Second, although either Tree Line or Santa Cruz could be the ancestral type, the available data provide greater support for Santa Cruz.

SUBMITTER: Popadic A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC44289 | biostudies-other | 1994 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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The history of a genetic system.

Popadić A A Anderson W W WW

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 19940701 15

Although the chromosomal polymorphism for inversions in Drosophila pseudoobscura is one of the best studied systems in population genetics, the identity of the ancestral gene arrangement has remained unresolved for more than 50 years. There are more than 40 gene arrangements, and 4 of them (Standard, Hypothetical, Santa Cruz, and Tree Line) have been considered as candidates for the ancestral type. We propose a framework of competing hypotheses to distinguish among the alternatives. Two conclusi ...[more]

PMID: 7518922

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