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Population, evolutionary and genomic consequences of interference selection.

Josep M Comeron1, Martin Kreitman

  • 1Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA. josep-comeron@uiowa.edu

Genetics
|May 23, 2002
PubMed
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Interference selection (IS) reduces genetic diversity and increases linkage disequilibrium in genomes. This process, driven by clustered mutations, explains genomic patterns in low-recombination regions and highlights the role of sequences like introns.

Area of Science:

  • Population genetics
  • Evolutionary biology
  • Genomics

Background:

  • Weakly selected mutations often cluster in genomes.
  • Linked mutations can interfere with each other's fixation probability, a phenomenon termed interference selection (IS).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the population genetics and evolutionary impacts of IS on both selected and neutral genetic variation.
  • To analyze the consequences of IS in genomic regions with low crossing-over rates, using Drosophila as a model.

Main Methods:

  • Theoretical modeling of interference selection.
  • Population genetic simulations incorporating competing alleles.
  • Analysis of Drosophila melanogaster genomic data, including codon bias and intron presence.

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Main Results:

  • IS reduces polymorphism and increases linkage disequilibrium in both selected and neutral sites.
  • IS severity is position-dependent within mutation clusters, being more pronounced centrally.
  • Introns and other neutral sequences can mitigate IS, influencing selection effectiveness and potentially being under selection themselves.

Conclusions:

  • IS is a significant evolutionary force shaping genomic variation, particularly in low-recombination areas.
  • Genomic features like introns play a crucial role in modulating IS and can be subject to evolutionary selection.
  • Non-equilibrium codon usage may be common due to the dynamics of IS following recombination rate changes.