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Selective Sweep in the Evolution of a New Sperm-Specific Gene in Drosophila

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The Sdic gene cluster at the base of the X-chromosome is unique to the lineage of Drosophila melanogaster. The repeating unit in the cluster was formed from a duplication and fusion of the genes, AnnX and Cdic, which juxtaposed the 3′ untranslated region of AnnX to the third intron of Cdic. AnnX encodes Annexin 10 and Cdic encodes a cytoplasmic dynein intermediate chain. The 3′ untranslated region of AnnX contains two promoter elements, including a testis-specific element, and Cdic intron 3 contains a third promoter element; together these elements result in testis-specific transcription of Sdic. The Sdic protein features a novel amino terminus derived in part from Cdic intron 3 which contains motifs similar to those in axonemal dyneins. It has been demonstrated that the Sdic protein becomes incorporated into the tails of mature sperm. The evolution of the Sdic cluster required several deletions, at least one insertion, at least eleven nudeotide substitutions, and an estimated tenfold tandem duplication, all of which took place in the 1–3 million years since the divergence of D. melanogaster from D. simulans. Evidence for the ongoing evolution of Sdic including a recent selective sweep is found in the low levels of polymorphism across neighboring genes in the region, a large number of fixed amino acid replacements relative to fixed synonymous nucleotide substitutions, and a frequency spectrum of polymorphic nucleotides skewed toward rare variants. The analysis of polymorphism and divergence in the Sdic region, however, is complicated by the possible effects of background selection caused by deleterious new mutations, owing to the reduced amount of recombination in the region associated with its proximity to centromeric heterochromatin. We present the rapid evolution of this novel gene as a fascinating example of male-driven evolution incurred by recurrent selective sweeps.

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    Rob J. Kulathinal, Rita Ponce, José M. Ranz & Daniel L. Hard

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    Carlos D. Bustamante

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    Dmitry Nurminsky

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Kulathinal, R.J. et al. (2005). Selective Sweep in the Evolution of a New Sperm-Specific Gene in Drosophila . In: Nurminsky, D. (eds) Selective Sweep. Molecular Biology Intelligence Unit. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-27651-3_3

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