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维护野生中国 rhesus 的有害变异
Camille Steux1,2,3, Zachary A Szpiech1,4
1Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, USA.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
|May 7, 2024
概括
亲生繁殖显著增加了野生的有害同胞性等位基因,特别是在长期的同胞性 (ROH) 中. 还观察到功能丧失变异的清除和近嗅觉基因的选择.
科学领域:
- 进化生物学是进化的生物学.
- 保护遗传学 保护遗传学
- 人口基因组学是人口的基因组学.
背景情况:
- 有害的遗传变异会影响自然种群的健康状况和灭绝风险.
- 亲生繁殖和积极选择等人口统计过程影响维持遗传变异.
- 同性运行 (ROH) 与轻微有害的等位基因的同性增加有关.
研究的目的:
- 分析来自中国野生 rhesus macaques 的全基因组数据,以表征有害变异模式.
- 为了研究有害变异,ROH和最近积极选择的信号之间的关系.
- 了解塑造非人类灵长类中有害等位基分布的进化力量.
主要方法:
- 在五个亚种的79只野生中国 rhesus macaques 的全基因组测序.
- 对有害变异的分析与同卵性 (ROH) 和积极选择的运行有关.
- 在选定的地区识别同卵性功能丧失 (LOF) 变体和高频有害变体.
主要成果:
- 与耐受变体相比,在长期ROH中发现了有害同位素的比例显著更高,这意味着内在繁殖.
- 有证据表明,同卵性LOF变体正在积极从人群中清除.
- 在被选择的区域中,发现了七种高频的有害变异,与嗅觉和其他基因相关.
结论:
- 亲生繁殖是通过长期ROH在野生群中同卵性有害基因负担的主要驱动因素.
- 进化过程,包括选择和清除,积极塑造有害变异的分布.
- 研究结果提供了对野生非人类灵长类动物种群的遗传健康和进化动态的见解.
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