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ArticleBMC genomics2016

Intraspecific rearrangement of mitochondrial genome suggests the prevalence of the tandem duplication-random loss (TDLR) mechanism in Quasipaa boulengeri.

Yun Xia, Yuchi Zheng, Robert W Murphy, Xiaomao Zeng

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Yun XiaChengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China.
Yuchi ZhengChengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China. zhengyc@cib.ac.cn.
Robert W MurphyCentre for Biodiversity, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, ON, M5S 2C6, Canada.
Xiaomao ZengChengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China. zengxm@cib.ac.cn.

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backgroundTandem duplication followed by random loss (TDRL) is the most frequently invoked model to explain the diversity of gene rearrangements in metazoan mitogenomes. The initial stages of gene rearrangement are difficult to observe in nature, which limits our understanding of incipient duplication events and the subsequent process of random loss. Intraspecific gene reorganizations may represent intermediate states, and if so they potentially shed light on the evolutionary dynamics of TDRL.

resultsNucleotide sequences in a hotspot of gene-rearrangement in 28 populations of a single species of frog, Quasipaa boulengeri, provide such predicted intermediate states. Gene order and phylogenetic analyses support a single tandem duplication event and a step-by-step process of random loss. Intraspecific gene rearrangements are not commonly found through comparison of all mitochondrial DNA records of amphibians and squamate reptiles in GenBank.

conclusionsThe intraspecific variation in Q. boulengeri provides insights into the rate of partial duplications and deletions within a mitogenome, and reveals that fixation and gene-distribution in mitogenomic reorganization is likely non-adaptive.

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Gene DuplicationGene RearrangementGenome, MitochondrialSequence DeletionTandem Repeat SequencesAnimalsAnuraEvolution, MolecularGene OrderPhylogenyPhylogeographyIntermediate mitogenomic rearrangementMitochondrial gene orderMitogenomicsRandom gene losstRNA

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