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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-1-28
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Drosophila males, like males of most other insects, transfer a group of specific proteins to the females during mating. These proteins are produced primarily in the accessory gland and are likely to influence the female's reproduction. The results of studies of DNA sequence polymorphism and divergence in two genes coding for male accessory gland proteins of Drosophila are reported here. The Mst26Aa and Mst26Ab transcription units are tandemly arranged in a approximately 1.6-kb segment in Drosophila sechellia, Drosophila mauritiana and Drosophila simulans as they were reported to be in Drosophila melanogaster. The DNA sequences of 10 alleles from D. melanogaster and one allele each from the three sibling species reveals a high degree of amino acid replacement variation. A substantial part of the variation is due to insertion/deletion differences. Possible functional significance of these amino acid sequence changes is discussed. Statistical analyses based on the neutral theory of molecular evolution show that the distribution of polymorphism over the 1.6-kb region is inconsistent with the pattern of divergence between the species. The amount of 4-cutter restriction map polymorphism in a larger sample of 75 alleles from the same D. melanogaster population is similar to that obtained from the DNA sequence of the 10 alleles (a pairwise average of 0.007 difference per site). The 6-cutter restriction map survey of a 18-kb region containing the Mst26A genes indicates that polymorphism in the region flanking these genes maybe higher. The failure of polymorphisms and divergence in the Mst26A region to conform to the expectations of a simple mutation-drift-equilibrium model indicates that selection in or near this region has played a role in the history of these genes.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0016-6731
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
132
pubmed:geneSymbol
Adh, Est-6, Mst26Aa, Mst26Ab, mst355a, mst355b
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
755-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1361475-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:1361475-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:1361475-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:1361475-Consensus Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:1361475-Drosophila, pubmed-meshheading:1361475-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:1361475-Gene Frequency, pubmed-meshheading:1361475-Genes, Insect, pubmed-meshheading:1361475-Genetic Variation, pubmed-meshheading:1361475-Genitalia, Male, pubmed-meshheading:1361475-Linkage Disequilibrium, pubmed-meshheading:1361475-Male, pubmed-meshheading:1361475-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:1361475-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:1361475-Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length, pubmed-meshheading:1361475-Selection, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:1361475-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:1361475-Species Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:1361475-Transcription, Genetic
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Polymorphism and divergence in the Mst26A male accessory gland gene region in Drosophila.
pubmed:affiliation
Departament de Genètica, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study