Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol 14, 506-517, Copyright © 1997 by Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
AM Nedelcu
Mitochondrial ribosomal RNA coding regions in the only three green algal
taxa investigated to date are fundamentally different in that they are
continuous in Prototheca wickerhamii, but highly fragmented and scrambled
in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Chlamydomonas eugametos. To gain more
insight into the mode of evolution of fragmented and scrambled
mitochondrial ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes within the green algal group, this
work (1) provides additional information on fragmentation patterns of
mitochondrial small- and large-subunit (SSU and LSU) rRNAs that strongly
supports the concept of a gradual increase in the extent of discontinuity
of mitochondrial rRNAs among chlorophycean green algae and (2) reports the
first example of fragmented and scrambled mitochondrial LSU rRNA coding
regions in a green algal taxon outside the Chlamydomonas group. The present
study (1) suggests that the scrambling of the mitochondrial rRNA coding
regions may have occurred early in the evolution of fragmented and
scrambled mitochondrial rRNA genes within the chlorophycean green algal
group, most likely in parallel with the fragmentation events, (2) proposes
recombination as a possible mechanism involved in the evolution of these
mitochondrial rRNA genes, and (3) presents a hypothetical pathway for
converting continuous mitochondrial rRNA genes into the highly fragmented
and scrambled rRNA coding regions of Chlamydomonas through a series of
recombinatorial events between short repeated sequences.
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Fragmented and scrambled mitochondrial ribosomal RNA coding regions among green algae: a model for their origin and evolution
Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. amned@is.dal.ca
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