期刊
GENE
卷 496, 期 1, 页码 37-44出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2011.12.016
关键词
Tibetan; Mitochondrial genome; Haplogroup classification; Principal component analysis; Nonsynonymous (NS) versus synonymous (S); Structure simulation
资金
- China Medical Board of New York Inc. [CMB04-805]
We performed a mitochondrial whole-genome comparison study in 40 Tibetan and 50 Han Chinese. All subjects could be classified into 13 haplogroups pertained to the Macrohaplogroup M and N that pitched different quadrants by principal component analysis. We observed a difference in the M9 haplogroup and identified 18 significant variants by comparing whole sequences between Tibetan and Han populations. Variants in ND2, COX2, tRNA alanine and 12S rRNA were predicted to confer increased protein stability in Tibetans. We compared the base substitutions of nonsynonymous (NS) versus synonymous (S) of 13 protein-encoding genes and found the NS/S values of the A7P6, ATP8, and Cyt b genes were larger (>1) in Tibetans than that in Han population. Our findings provide clues for the existence of adaptive selection for the A7P6, ATP8, Cyt b, ND2. COX2, tRNA alanine and 125 rRNA genes in Tibetans which likely contributed to adaptation to their specific geographic environment, such as high altitude. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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