期刊
BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY
卷 66, 期 -, 页码 181-187出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2016.04.002
关键词
nrDNA; Recombination; Crossing over; Pseudogene; Dimethyl sulfoxide
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31272273]
- Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province, China [2014B030301064]
The nuclear ribosomal RNA genes (nrDNA) include three rRNA genes (18S, 5.8S, and 28S) and two internal transcribed spacers (ITS1 and ITS2). The lack of variability in nrDNA has been explained as the result of concerted evolution. In fact, many examples of variation have been discovered, suggesting a non-concerted evolution process. There are few studies on ITS2 in teleostean fishes; particularly no reports on flatfishes. In this study, we focused on ITS2 in Zanzibar tonguesole, Cynoglossus zanzibarensis (Pleuronectiformes: Cynoglossidae). Three types of ITS2 sequences (Type A, B, and C) coexisted and mainly differ in length, nucleotide diversity (is), secondary structure, and minimum free energy. Based on these different features, Type B and C were speculated as the putative pseudogenic ITS2 region. Moreover, Type C sequences were detected as recombinant from crossing over between Type A and B sequences. To our knowledge, this is the first report on ITS2 recombination in animal ribosomal RNA genes. The high degree of ITS2 sequence polymorphism at the intraindividual level supported a non-concerted evolution pattern in the C zanzibarensis genome. These results provide useful data for further studies on ITS2 in flatfishes and contribute to polymorphism analyses of ribosomal RNA genes in teleostean fishes. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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