ブラキオポッドやプリアプルイドのホックス遺伝子の進化と原始体の進化
R de Rosa1, J K Grenier, T Andreeva
1Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire 4, CNRS UPRESA Q8080, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France.
Nature
|July 3, 1999
まとめ
ホックスの遺伝子解析は,主要な動物の進化的関係を裏付けている. プロトストームの重要な遺伝子セットは,メジャークラド放射線の前に,早期の双子発育の可能性を明らかにします.
科学分野:
- 進化的発達生物学 進化的発達生物学
- メタゾーン族の系統化が起こりました.
- 遺伝学と発達生物学について
背景:
- 初期の動物のボディプランの進化を理解するには,メタゾアンの系統形成と遺伝子変化の知識が必要です.
- 最近の系統学は,デウテロストーム,ロフォトロコゾーン,エクディゾーンという三つの分岐のバイラテリアを提案しています.
研究 の 目的:
- プロトストーム族のホックス遺伝子の補完が確立された系統遺伝関係を反映しているかどうかを調査する.
- 双国人の発達規制の可能性の初期進化を明らかにする.
主な方法:
- 18S リボソームRNAの系統遺伝分析.
- ホックス遺伝子の識別と比較は,重要なプロトストーム系にまたがって補完されます.
主要な成果:
- ホックス遺伝子は鏡の系統遺伝関係を補完し,ロフォトロコゾア類とエクディゾア類を支えている.
- 後部ホックス遺伝子の分散したペアは,ロフォトロコゾアンの集合体 (ブラキオポッド,アネリド) をサポートする.
- 独特の後部ホックス遺伝子は,エクディゾーアンのクラード (priapulid, nematode, 節足類) をサポートしています.
結論:
- 主要な原始体系統の祖先は,少なくとも8〜10のホックス遺伝子を保有していた.
- 重要なホックス遺伝子の拡大と多様化は,3つの主要な二国間のクラッドの放射に先行した.
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