https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/136580
Title: | Adaptive Evolution of the Insulin Two-Gene System in Mouse | Authors: | Shiao, Meng-Shin Liao, Ben-Yang Long, Manyuan Yu, Hon-Tsen |
Issue Date: | 2008 | Journal Volume: | 178 | Journal Issue: | 3 | Start page/Pages: | 1683-1691 | Source: | Genetics | Abstract: | Insulin genes in mouse and rat compose a two-gene system in which Ins1 was retroposed from the partially processed mRNA of Ins2. When Ins1 originated and how it was retained in genomes still remain interesting problems. In this study, we used genomic approaches to detect insulin gene copy number variation in rodent species and investigated evolutionary forces acting on both Ins1 and Ins2. We characterized the phylogenetic distribution of the new insulin gene (Ins1) by Southern analyses and confirmed by sequencing insulin genes in the rodent genomes. The results demonstrate that Ins1 originated right before the mouse-rat split (∼20 MYA), and both Ins1 and Ins2 are under strong functional constraints in these murine species. Interestingly, by examining a range of nucleotide polymorphisms, we detected positive selection acting on both Ins2 and Ins1 gene regions in the Mus musculus domesticus populations. Furthermore, three amino acid sites were also identified as having evolved under positive selection in two insulin peptides: two are in the signal peptide and one is in the C-peptide. Our data suggest an adaptive divergence in the mouse insulin two-gene system, which may result from the response to environmental change caused by the rise of agricultural civilization, as proposed by the thrifty-genotype hypothesis. Copyright © 2008 by the Genetics Society of America. |
URI: | http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw//handle/246246/161644 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-45149097231&doi=10.1534%2fgenetics.108.087023&partnerID=40&md5=11bb2275f631878c402b5ec7211a5dce |
ISSN: | 00166731 | DOI: | 10.1534/genetics.108.087023 | SDG/Keyword: | insulin; amino acid; insulin I, mouse; article; controlled study; evolution; gene; gene identification; gene sequence; genetic variability; genomics; Ins1 gene; Ins2 gene; nonhuman; phylogeny; priority journal; single nucleotide polymorphism; Southern blotting; animal; duplicate gene; genetic selection; genetics; human; molecular evolution; molecular genetics; mouse; nucleotide sequence; Murinae; Mus musculus domesticus; Rattus; Rodentia; Amino Acids; Animals; Base Sequence; Blotting, Southern; Evolution, Molecular; Genes, Duplicate; Humans; Insulin; Mice; Molecular Sequence Data; Phylogeny; Selection (Genetics) |
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