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Degeneration and domestication of a selfish gene in yeast: Molecular evolution versus site-directed mutagenesis

Koufopanou, VB, A., Molecular Biology and Evolution, 22:1535-1538. 2005.

VDE is a homing endonuclease gene in yeasts with an unusual evolutionary history including horizontal transmission, degeneration, and domestication into the mating-type switching locus HO. We investigate here the effects of these features on its molecular evolution. In addition, ...
Keywords: adaptation, distribution, DNA, elements, Evolution, gene drive ecology, gene drive evolution, gene drive natural, gene-sequences, group-i introns, homing endonuclease, horizontal (lateral) transfer (transmission), identification, intein, phylogenetic analysis, plants, protein-splicing domain, rna, selfish gene, VDE, yeast, yeast saccharomyces-cerevisiae

Adaptation for horizontal transfer in a homing endonuclease

Koufopanou, VG, M. R.; Burt, A., Molecular Biology and Evolution, 19:239-246. 2002.

Selfish genes of no function other than self-propagation are susceptible to degeneration if they become fixed in a population. and regular transfer to new species may be the only means for their long-term persistence. To test this idea we surveyed 24 species of yeast for VDE, a ...
Keywords: adaptation, distribution, DNA, elements, Evolution, gene drive ecology, gene drive evolution, gene drive natural, gene-sequences, group-i introns, homing endonuclease, horizontal (lateral) transfer (transmission), identification, intein, phylogenetic analysis, plants, protein-splicing domain, rna, selfish gene, VDE, yeast, yeast saccharomyces-cerevisiae