Proceedings of Fukuoka International Symposium on Population Genetics--Comparative genomics of chalcone synthase and Myb genes in the grass family

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  • Comparative genomics of chalcone synthase and Myb genes in the grass family.

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Most plant genes occur as members of multigene families where new copies arise through duplication. Duplicate genes that do not confer an adaptive advantage to the plant are expected to rapidly erode into pseudogenes owing to the accumulation of transpositions, insertion/deletion mutations and nucleotide changes. Nonfunctional copies will drift to fixation within a few million years and ultimately erode beyond recognition. Duplicate genes that are retained over longer periods of evolutionary time must be positively selected based on some adaptive advantage conferred on the plant species. We explore the dynamics of the recruitment of new duplicate genes for chalcone synthase, the enzyme that catalyzes the first committed step of flavonoid biosynthesis, and for the myb family of transcriptional activators. Our analyses show that new chs genes are recruited into the genome of grasses at a rate of one new copy every 15 to 25 million years. In contrast, the myb gene family is much older and many duplicate copies appear to predate the separation of the angiosperm lineage from other seed plants. The general pattern suggests a rapid adaptive proliferation of new chs genes but a more ancient elaboration of regulatory gene functions. Our analyses also reveal accelerated rates of protein evolution following gene duplication and evidence is presented for interlocus exchange among duplicate gene loci.<br>

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