Journal
FUNGAL BIOLOGY
Volume 115, Issue 3, Pages 310-316Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2011.01.002
Keywords
Concerted evolution; Haplotype; IGS1; Paralogous; Rhodocollybia
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- University of Chicago Committee on Evolutionary Biology
- Mycological Society of America
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We tested the nuclear ribosomal intergenic spacer 1 (IGS1) to evaluate: 1) the utility of this gene region in the study of intra-lineage variation in the Hawaiian mushroom Rhodocollybia laulaha (Basidiomycota, Marasmiaceae); 2) the possibility of PCR-mediated artifacts from multiple cloned IGS1 inserts for five of the nine specimens included; and 3) the assignment of individual specimens to specific haplotype group genotypes. The IGS1 was sequenced for nine specimens of R. laulaha and multiple cloned copies of the IGS1 were sequenced for five of those nine to compare intra-specimen variation (i.e. among paralogous copies in a single genome) and inter-specimen variation (i.e. among different specimens). Three haplotype groups were identified with 25 of 510 aligned base pairs being variable (17 substitutions and eight indels). The observed variation could be due to the presence of various alleles of the IGS1 locus and/or variation among paralogous copies within a single genome. Issues associated with PCR error including artificial recombination and/or Taq error and the potential inefficiency of concerted evolution are considered as possible agents of variation. (C) 2011 The British Mycological Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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