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Fast-evolving noncoding sequences in the human genome.

Christine P Bird1, Barbara E Stranger, Maureen Liu

  • 1The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK.

Genome Biology
|June 21, 2007
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Human evolution may be driven by changes in gene regulation, not just protein sequences. Researchers found 1,356 conserved noncoding (CNC) sequences with human-specific changes, suggesting recent regulatory evolution.

Area of Science:

  • Evolutionary biology
  • Genomics
  • Human evolution

Background:

  • Gene regulation is a key driver of evolution.
  • Human-chimpanzee phenotypic divergence may stem from regulatory changes.
  • Conserved noncoding (CNC) sequences might hold regulatory variants crucial for human evolution.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Identify conserved noncoding sequences (CNC) with human-specific evolutionary changes.
  • Investigate the role of these sequences in recent human evolution and gene regulation.

Main Methods:

  • Comparative genomic analysis to identify conserved noncoding sequences (CNC).
  • Analysis of selective pressures and substitution rates in CNC sequences.
  • Examination of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within CNC sequences for allele frequencies and gene expression associations.

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Main Results:

  • Identified 1,356 accelerated CNC (ANC) sequences with human-specific changes.
  • ANC sequences show elevated substitution rates, enrichment in segmental duplications, and signs of recent positive selection.
  • SNPs in ANC sequences are significantly associated with altered gene expression, fivefold higher than control CNC sequences.

Conclusions:

  • Accelerated CNC sequences have recently influenced human evolution.
  • These sequences likely contribute through lineage-specific changes in gene regulation.