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Mol. Biol. Evol. 21(8):1595-1601. 2004
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msh163
© 2004 by the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution. ISSN: 0737-4038

Within- and Between-Individual Sequence Variation Among ITS1 Copies in the Meadow Grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus Indicates Frequent Intrachromosomal Gene Conversion

Emma J. Parkin1 and Roger K. Butlin

School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

E-mail: ejp20{at}le.ac.uk.

Sequencing multiple copies of the ITS1 region revealed the coexistence of two or more haplotypes within the genome of Chorthippus parallelus. Using a PCR-RFLP approach, the ITS1 numbers and frequencies of haplotypes present in each of 40 individuals were investigated, revealing a consistent lack of homogeneity. For each individual, the level of intra-individual variation was estimated from a sample of 20 ITS1 copies. The level of differentiation in haplotype frequency among individuals was then estimated by maximum likelihood using models based on the Dirichlet distribution. This confirmed the existence of significant levels of variation among individuals within each population studied. The most likely turnover mechanism that could generate this pattern of variation is gene conversion, operating at the intrachromosomal level. Furthermore, the discovery of linkage disequilibrium among the ITS1 haplotypes of C. parallelus suggests that intrachromosomal gene conversion occurs more frequently than interchromosomal recombination. Subspecies of C. parallelus showed significantly different haplotype distributions following about 0.5 Myr of divergence. With respect to the process of concerted evolution, we show that homogenization of repeats is slow relative to speciation, and the standing variation among individuals is sufficient for selection to operate.

Key Words: concerted evolution • Chorthippus parallelus • gene conversion • ITS1 • ribosomal DNA • homogenization


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