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Isochores result from mutation not selection

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  • M. Pilar Francino

    (University of Rochester)

  • Howard Ochman

    (University of Rochester
    University of Arizona)

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Mammalian genomes are made up of large regions of distinct base composition known as isochores1, but it has remained uncertain whether this mosaic structure is caused by regional variation in mutational biases2,3,4 or by natural selection1. To resolve this controversy, we compared the rate and pattern of nucleotide substitutions in two globin pseudogenes, Ψα1 and Ψη, which reside in isochores of very different base composition in the genomes of humans and other primates. Our findings indicate that isochores result from mutational biases, rather than from selection on individual nucleotides.

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  • M. Pilar Francino & Howard Ochman, 1999. "Isochores result from mutation not selection," Nature, Nature, vol. 400(6739), pages 30-31, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:400:y:1999:i:6739:d:10.1038_21804
    DOI: 10.1038/21804
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    1. Paola Cornejo-Páramo & Veronika Petrova & Xuan Zhang & Robert S. Young & Emily S. Wong, 2024. "Emergence of enhancers at late DNA replicating regions," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-15, December.

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