title: Deficiency of X-linked inverted duplicates with male-biased expression and the underlying evolutionary mechanisms in the Drosophila genome.
abstract: Inverted duplicates (IDs) are pervasive in genomes and have been reported to play functional roles in various biological processes. However, the general underlying evolutionary forces that maintain IDs in genomes remain largely elusive. Through a systematic screening of the Drosophila melanogaster genome, 20,223 IDs were detected in nonrepetitive intergenic regions, far more than expectation under the neutrality model. 3,846 of these IDs were identified to have stable hairpin structure (i.e., the structural IDs). Based on whole-genome transcriptome profiling data, we found 628 unannotated expressed structural IDs, which had significantly different genomic distributions and structural properties from the unexpressed IDs. Among the expressed structural IDs, 130 exhibited higher expression in males than in females (i.e., male-biased expression). Compared with sex-unbiased ones, these male-biased IDs were significantly underrepresented on the X chromosome, similar to previously reported pattern of male-biased protein-coding genes. These analyses suggest that a selection-driven process, rather than a purely neutral mutation-driven mechanism, contributes to the maintenance of IDs in the Drosophila genome.
authors.affiliation: Center for Bioinformatics, State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, PR China.
authors.forename: Zhen-Xia
authors.initials: ZX
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yong E
authors.initials: YE
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vibranovski
authors.forename: Jingchu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Ge
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Manyuan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Long
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D021901:DNA, Intergenic; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005260:Female; D020440:Gene Duplication; D050172:Genes, X-Linked; D049750:Genome, Insect; D008297:Male; D008540:Meiosis; D022661:RNA, Untranslated; D012641:Selection, Genetic; D057345:Sequence Inversion; D049951:X Chromosome Inactivation
chemical_list: D021901:DNA, Intergenic; D022661:RNA, Untranslated