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Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol 5, 154-166, Copyright © 1988 by Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution

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Organization and evolution of the alcohol dehydrogenase gene in Drosophila

VH Cohn and GP Moore
Division of Biological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

The alcohol dehydrogenase (Adh) gene was isolated from Drosophila simulans and D. mauritiana, and the DNA sequence of a 4.6-kb region, containing the structural gene and flanking sequence, was determined for each. These sequences were compared with the Adh region of D. melanogaster to characterize changes that occur in the Drosophila genome during evolution and to identify conserved sequences of functional importance. Drosophila simulans and D. mauritiana Adh are organized in a manner similar to that of D. melanogaster Adh, including the presence of two promoters for the single Adh gene. This study identified conserved flanking elements that, in conjunction with other studies, suggest regions that may be involved in the control of Adh expression. Inter- and intraspecies comparisons revealed differences in the kinds of sequence changes that have accumulated. Sequence divergence in and around the Adh gene was used to assess inter- and intraspecies evolutionary relationships. Finally, there appears to be an unrelated structural gene located directly 3' of the Adh transcribed region.
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