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Modeling genome evolution with a diffusion approximation of a birth-and-death process.

Georgy P Karev1, Faina S Berezovskaya, Eugene V Koonin

  • 1National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD 20894, USA.

Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)
|November 25, 2005
PubMed
Summary

We developed a diffusion approximation of birth, death, and innovation models (BDIMs) to study genome evolution dynamics. This model reveals a biphasic genome growth pattern, akin to punctuated equilibrium, with rapid innovation followed by slow deceleration.

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Area of Science:

  • Evolutionary Biology
  • Computational Biology
  • Genomics

Background:

  • Previous discrete-space birth, death, and innovation models (BDIMs) explained Pareto distributions of gene family sizes.
  • Extracting temporal dynamics from discrete-space BDIMs was previously infeasible.
  • A diffusion approximation of BDIM was developed to enable dynamic analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a diffusion approximation of BDIM for analyzing genome evolution dynamics.
  • To obtain dynamic portraits of the genome evolution process.
  • To investigate the temporal dynamics of gene family size distributions.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a diffusion approximation of discrete-space BDIM.
  • Utilized Fokker-Plank equations to describe model dynamics.

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  • Analyzed generalized self-similar solutions for time-dependent behavior.

    • Main Results:

    • The diffusion BDIM yields time-dependent, generalized self-similar solutions.
    • Analysis revealed a biphasic genome growth curve: an initial self-accelerating phase followed by slow deceleration.
    • This dynamics was observed for evolution from zero and transitions between stationary states.

    Conclusions:

    • The diffusion BDIM allows examination of genome evolution's temporal dynamics.
    • The observed biphasic growth pattern resembles punctuated equilibrium.
    • This model provides insights into rapid gene amplification and innovation followed by slow relaxation.