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1559979

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-5-12
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
We determined four nucleotide sequences of the hominoid immunoglobulin alpha (C alpha) genes (chimpanzee C alpha 2, gorilla C alpha 2, and gibbon C alpha 1 and C alpha 2 genes), which made possible the examination of gene conversions in all hominoid C alpha genes. The following three methods were used to detect gene conversions: 1) phenetic tree construction; 2) detection of a DNA segment with extremely low variability between duplicated C alpha genes; and 3) a site by site search of shared nucleotide changes between duplicated C alpha genes. Results obtained from method 1 indicated a concerted evolution of the duplicated C alpha genes in the human, chimpanzee, gorilla, and gibbon lineages, while results obtained from method 2 suggested gene conversions in the human, gorilla, and gibbon C alpha genes. With method 3 we identified clusters of shared nucleotide changes between duplicated C alpha genes in human, chimpanzee, gorilla, and gibbon lineages, and in their hypothetical ancestors. In the present study converted regions were identified over the entire C alpha gene region excluding a few sites in the coding region which have escaped from gene conversion. This indicates that gene conversion is a general phenomenon in evolution, that can be clearly observed in non-functional regions.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
267
pubmed:geneSymbol
C&agr;1, C&agr;2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
7359-67
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Concerted evolution of the primate immunoglobulin alpha-gene through gene conversion.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't