title: Regulatory genes in the ancestral chordate genomes.
abstract: Changes or innovations in gene regulatory networks for the developmental program in the ancestral chordate genome appear to be a major component in the evolutionary process in which tadpole-type larvae, a unique characteristic of chordates, arose. These alterations may include new genetic interactions as well as the acquisition of new regulatory genes. Previous analyses of the Ciona genome revealed that many genes may have emerged after the divergence of the tunicate and vertebrate lineages. In this paper, we examined this possibility by examining a second non-vertebrate chordate genome. We conclude from this analysis that the ancient chordate included almost the same repertory of regulatory genes, but less redundancy than extant vertebrates, and that approximately 10% of vertebrate regulatory genes were innovated after the emergence of vertebrates. Thus, refined regulatory networks arose during vertebrate evolution mainly as preexisting regulatory genes multiplied rather than by generating new regulatory genes. The inferred regulatory gene sets of the ancestral chordate would be an important foundation for understanding how tadpole-type larvae, a unique characteristic of chordates, evolved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. yutaka@ascidian.zool.kyoto-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Satou
authors.forename: Shuichi
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authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: Yasunori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sasakura
authors.forename: Nori
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Satoh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002816:Chordata, Nonvertebrate / Q000235:genetics*; D002938:Ciona intestinalis / Q000235:genetics*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D053263:Gene Regulatory Networks; D016678:Genome; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny
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