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基于基因组组装比较的犬类逆转换率的家族遗传学估计
Matthew S Blacksmith1,2, Anthony K Nguyen1,2, John V Moran1,3
1Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
|September 26, 2025
概括
称为逆转移体的移动遗传元素,特别是LINE-1和SINE,显著增加了狗的遗传多样性. 这些元素的新插入经常发生,SINE是狗基因组进化的主要驱动因素.
科学领域:
- 基因组学就是基因组学.
- 进化生物学 进化生物学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
背景情况:
- 由于化和品种形成,狗可以作为一个有价值的模型来研究遗传变异的表型影响.
- 包括LINE-1和SINE在内的逆转移子对狗的遗传多样性作出了重大贡献,与人类相比,它们的差异更大.
- 双形逆转移子插入的高频率表明,近期犬类进化过程中出现了快速动员,尽管新插入的速率仍未确定.
研究的目的:
- 在各种犬群中识别和量化二态LINE-1和SINE插入.
- 为了估计最近犬类进化中的新逆转移体插入率.
- 为了比较狗狗的逆转移素活性与人类观察到的活性.
主要方法:
- 从四种犬种,丁哥和美国灰狼的基因组组合与格陵兰灰狼参考基因组对齐.
- 在七个犬类组合中识别二态LINE-1和SINE插入.
- 使用先前确定的单核酸突变率估计插入率.
主要成果:
- 在整个犬群中,共发现了7,428个双形LINE-1s和51,572个双形SINE.
- 每个组合与参考基因组的差异平均为3,497个LINE-1s和25,558个SINEs.
- 新LINE-1和SINE插入的估计率分别为1/184和1/22的出生,这表明最近的逆转移素活性很高.
结论:
- 狗SINE的逆转换率大约是人类Alu元素的两倍,而LINE-1的速度是可比的.
- SINE元素在驱动犬类基因组进化的过程中发挥了不成比例的重要作用.
- 狗类LINE-1和SINE二态度的高水平主要反映了狗群体内长期存在的大量遗传变异.
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