Coalescent processes and relaxation of selective constraints leading to contrasting genetic diversity at paralogs AtHVA22d and AtHVA22e in Arabidopsis thaliana

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Ching-Nen ChenTzen-Yuh Chiang

Abstract

Duplicate loci offer a very powerful system for understanding the complicated genome structure and adaptive evolution of a gene family. In this study, the genetic variation at paralogs AtHVA22d and AtHVA22e, members of an ABA- and stress-inducible gene family, is examined in the selfing Arabidopsis thaliana. Population genetic analysis indicates contrasting levels of nucleotide diversity at overall exon sequence and nonsynonymous sites between AtHVA22d (pi = 0.00337, pi(rep) = 0.00158) and AtHVA22e (pi = 0.00054, pi(rep) = 0.00023). The fact of Ka/Ks ratios significantly less than 1 in all sequences indicates that both genes are functional and subjected to purifying selection. In addition, rooted at barley HVA22, accelerated evolution is detected at replacement changes in the AtHVA22d locus, indicating relaxation of purifying selection after gene duplication. However, relative rate tests reveal no deviation from the neutrality at synonymous sites between the two paralogs. Based on clock-like evolution, the rate of synonymous substitution is estimated at 1.83 x 10(-9) substitutions per site per year; and the divergence of the two paralogs is traced to 90 MYA, coinciding with a period of the diversification of angiosperms. Given ...Continue Reading

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