Elevated levels of expression associated with regions of the Drosophila genome that lack crossing over.
The recombinational environment influences patterns of molecular evolution through the effects of Hill-Robertson interference. Here, we examine genome-wide patterns of gene expression with respect to recombinational environment in Drosophila melanogaster. We find that regions of the genome lacking crossing over exhibit elevated levels of expression, and this is most pronounced for genes on the entirely non-crossing over fourth chromosome. We find no evidence for differences in the patterns of gene expression between regions of high, intermediate and low crossover frequencies. These results suggest that, in the absence of crossing over, selection to maintain control of expression may be compromised, perhaps due to the accumulation of deleterious mutations in regulatory regions. Alternatively, higher gene expression may be evolving to compensate for defective protein products or reduced translational efficiency.
Haddrill
Penelope R
PR
Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Ashworth Laboratories, King's Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, UK. p.haddrill@ed.ac.uk
Waldron
Fergal M
FM
Charlesworth
Brian
B
D000818:Animals; D003434:Crossing Over, Genetic; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D015870:Gene Expression; D049750:Genome, Insect
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