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Monitoring Spatial Segregation in Surface Colonizing Microbial Populations
Published on: October 29, 2016
バクテリアの有種化の時間的な断片化
Adam C Retchless1, Jeffrey G Lawrence
1Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
まとめ
バクテリアの種化には,ニッチ固有の遺伝子が何百万年にもわたって最初に分岐する,段階的な遺伝的隔離が含まれます. この過程は,Escherichia coliやSalmonella entericaのような独特の細菌系統が,完全な染色体分離の前にユニークな特性を進化させる方法を説明しています.
科学分野:
- 微生物学 微生物学とは
- 進化生物学の進化生物学について
- 遺伝学 遺伝学とは
背景:
- バクテリアの再結合は遺伝子転送を促進し,再結合集団内で異なる遺伝子セットを維持する可能性があります.
- 異種化モデルは,遺伝的隔離が瞬時に起こることではなく,染色体全体で漸進的に起こる可能性があることを示唆しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 細菌の種化における遺伝的分岐と孤立の時間的動態を調査する.
- ニッチ固有の遺伝子が他の染色体領域よりも早く遺伝的に孤立するという仮説を検証する.
主な方法:
- エシェリキア・コリやサルモネラ・エンテリカの異なった染色体領域における配列の分岐率と時間の分析.
- 進化のタイムラインを推論するために,シーケンスディバージェンスを速度および時間成分に分割する.
主要な成果:
- エシェリキヤ大腸菌とサルモネラ・エンテリカの異なる染色体領域は,約7000万年の間に分岐した.
- 遺伝子隔離は,種特有の遺伝子を含んでいる地域において,より早く開始された.
- 新生エシェリキア菌とサルモネラ菌の系統の生理学的な特徴は,染色体の完全な分離の前に何百万年も続いた.
結論:
- バクテリアの異種化は,染色体全体で非同期的な遺伝的隔離を伴う長引くプロセスである.
- ニッチ固有の適応は,細菌ゲノムが完全に分離される前に,早期の遺伝的分岐を誘導する.
- この発見は,鍵となる場所での再結合の漸進的な縮小が細菌の系統多様化を促進するモデルを支持する.
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