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Molecular Ecology and Evolution

Mcdaniel, Stuart [1], Neubig, Kurt [2], Payton, Adam [3], Quatrano, Ralph [4], Cove, David [5].

Recent gene capture on the UV sex chromosomes of the moss Ceratodon purpureus.

Sex chromosomes evolve from ordinary autosomes through the expansion and subsequent degeneration of a region of suppressed recombination that is inherited through one sex. Here we investigate the relative timing of these processes in the UV sex chromosomes of the moss Ceratodon purpureus using molecular population genetic analyses of eight newly discovered sex-linked loci. In this system recombination is suppressed on both the female-transmitted (U) sex chromosome and the male-transmitted (V) chromosome. Genes on both chromosomes therefore should show the deleterious effects of suppressed recombination and sex-limited transmission, while purifying selection should maintain homologs of genes essential for both sexes on both sex chromosomes. Based on analyses of eight sex-linked loci, we show that the non-recombining portions of the U and V-chromosomes expanded in at least two events (~0.6 – 1.3 MYA and ~2.8 – 3.5 MYA), after the divergence of C. purpureus from its dioecious sister species, Trichodon cylindricus and Cheilothela chloropus. Both U and V-linked copies showed reduced nucleotide diversity and limited population structure, compared to autosomal loci, suggesting that the sex chromosomes experienced more recent selective sweeps that the autosomes. Collectively these results highlight the dynamic nature of gene composition and molecular evolution on non-recombining portions of the U and V sex chromosomes.

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1 - University of Florida, Biology Department, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
2 - University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
3 - University of Florida, Biology, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
4 - Washington University in St Louis, Biology, St Louis, MO, 63139, USA
5 - Leeds University, Faculty of Genetics, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK

Keywords:
bryophyte
hitch-hiking
suppressed recombination
sex-linkage
degeneration.

Presentation Type: Poster:Posters for Topics
Session: P
Location: Grand Salon A - D/Riverside Hilton
Date: Monday, July 29th, 2013
Time: 5:30 PM
Number: PME002
Abstract ID:668
Candidate for Awards:None


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