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Evolution at the Subgene Level: Domain Rearrangements in the Drosophila Phylogeny

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Wu, Yi-Chieh; Rasmussen, Matthew D.; Kellis, Manolis
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Abstract
Although the possibility of gene evolution by domain rearrangements has long been appreciated, current methods for reconstructing and systematically analyzing gene family evolution are limited to events such as duplication, loss, and sometimes, horizontal transfer. However, within the Drosophila clade, we find domain rearrangements occur in 35.9% of gene families, and thus, any comprehensive study of gene evolution in these species will need to account for such events. Here, we present a new computational model and algorithm for reconstructing gene evolution at the domain level. We develop a method for detecting homologous domains between genes and present a phylogenetic algorithm for reconstructing maximum parsimony evolutionary histories that include domain generation, duplication, loss, merge (fusion), and split (fission) events. Using this method, we find that genes involved in fusion and fission are enriched in signaling and development, suggesting that domain rearrangements and reuse may be crucial in these processes. We also find that fusion is more abundant than fission, and that fusion and fission events occur predominantly alongside duplication, with 92.5% and 34.3% of fusion and fission events retaining ancestral architectures in the duplicated copies. We provide a catalog of ∼9,000 genes that undergo domain rearrangement across nine sequenced species, along with possible mechanisms for their formation. These results dramatically expand on evolution at the subgene level and offer several insights into how new genes and functions arise between species.
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Supplementary sections 1–13, tables S1–S10, and figures S1–S9 are available at Molecular Biology and Evolution online (http://www.mbe.oxfordjournals.org/).
Date issued
2011-09
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70948
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Journal
Molecular Biology and Evolution
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Oxford University Press (OUP)
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Wu, Y.-C., M. D. Rasmussen, and M. Kellis. “Evolution at the Subgene Level: Domain Rearrangements in the Drosophila Phylogeny.” Molecular Biology and Evolution 29.2 (2011): 689–705. Web. 25 May 2012.
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0737-4038
1537-1719

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