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Originally published as Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print on June 14, 2005.
Genetics, Vol. 170, 1575-1587, August 2005, Copyright © 2005
doi:10.1534/genetics.105.042283
Hypervariable Noncoding Sequences in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Justin C. Fay1 and Joseph A. Benavides
Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63108
1 Corresponding author: Department of Genetics, Box 8510, 4444 Forest Park Pkwy., St. Louis, MO 63108.
E-mail: jfay{at}genetics.wustl.edu
Compared to protein-coding sequences, the evolution of noncoding sequences and the selective constraints placed on these sequences is not well characterized. To compare the evolution of coding and noncoding sequences, we have conducted a survey for DNA polymorphism at five randomly chosen loci among a diverse collection of 81 strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Average rates of both polymorphism and divergence are 40% lower at noncoding sites and 90% lower at nonsynonymous sites in comparison to synonymous sites. Although noncoding and coding sequences show substantial variability in ratios of polymorphism to divergence, two of the loci, MLS1 and PDR10, show a higher rate of polymorphism at noncoding compared to synonymous sites. The high rate of polymorphism is not accompanied by a high rate of divergence and is limited to a few small regions. These hypervariable regions include sites with three segregating bases at a single site and adjacent polymorphic sites. We show that this clustering of polymorphic sites is significantly greater than one would expect on the basis of the spacing between polymorphic fourfold degenerate sites. Although hypervariable noncoding sequences could result from selection on regulatory mutations, they could also result from transient mutational hotspots.
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