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Using Phylogenetic Analysis to Investigate Eukaryotic Gene Origin
Published on: August 14, 2018
生命のユカリオット樹における系統遺伝信号
1Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA. sanderm@email.arizona.edu
まとめ
系統遺伝信号は脊椎動物やモデル生物では強いが,ほとんどの種では限られている. すべての種のための包括的な生命の樹を構築するために,より多くのゲノムデータが必要です.
科学分野:
- 進化生物学の進化生物学について
- バイオインフォマティックス
- ゲノミクスゲノミクスとは
背景:
- 分子配列データは,知られている種の重要な部分を表しています.
- 入手可能なデータから完全な生命の樹を組み立てることは,現在実現不可能です.
- 系統遺伝信号を定量化することは,進化的関係を理解するために極めて重要です.
研究 の 目的:
- 入手可能な分子配列データを用いて,ユカリオットにおける系統遺伝信号の範囲を評価する.
- 生命の樹を高解像度で構築する可能性を評価する.
- 将来の系統遺伝学分析のための強化されたデータサンプリングを必要とする領域を特定する.
主な方法:
- GenBank.Bankの260万の配列から得られた14289の系統遺伝子の分析.
- 異なる分類学群における系統遺伝信号の強さの定量化.
- 信号の強さを,種ごとに十分にサポートされている遺伝子ツリーに相当するものと比較.
主要な成果:
- 強力な系統遺伝信号は,脊椎動物および特定の非脊椎動物モデル生物で明らかである.
- 系統遺伝的証拠はユーカリオット全体に広く分布していますが,平均的な種では信号は弱いです.
- 平均的な種の系統遺伝的証拠は,十分にサポートされている1つの遺伝子ツリー未満です.
結論:
- 現在の分子配列データでは,平均的な真核生物種の遺伝学的な解像度が限られている.
- 高解像度の生命の樹を構築するには,分類の幅とともに,サンプル採取の深さ (ゲノムデータ) を増加させる必要があります.
- 将来の取り組みは,系統遺伝的再建の精度を向上させるために,より深いゲノムサンプル採取に焦点を当てるべきである.
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