{"title":"Similarity of Human Mitochondrial DNA Nucleotide Substitution Spectra Reconstructed over One and Many Generations","authors":"B. A. Malyarchuk","doi":"10.1134/s1022795424700583","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Abstract</b>—Using phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial whole genome nucleotide sequences (mtDNA), which allows the study of genetic changes over many generations, a spectrum of nucleotide substitutions (along the L-strand of mtDNA) was reconstructed in European populations. The spectra of mtDNA nucleotide substitutions observed in a heteroplasmic state (at the ≥1 and ≥5% levels) in first generation children were also analyzed. It was found that the spectra of nucleotide substitutions reconstructed over one and many generations practically do not differ in their main parameters: the distribution of pyrimidine and purine substitutions (with predominance of T→C transitions) and the ratio of the number of transitions and transversions. Analysis of the phylogenetic tree of mtDNA haplotypes in Europeans clearly revealed the influence of negative (purifying) selection on mitochondrial gene pools. It is suggested that the selective processes guiding the mtDNA evolution in one and many generations are of a similar nature, i.e<i>.</i>, are caused by negative selection. The problem of how mutations occur and spread in mitochondria of germ line cells is discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":21441,"journal":{"name":"Russian Journal of Genetics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6000,"publicationDate":"2024-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Russian Journal of Genetics","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1134/s1022795424700583","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"GENETICS & HEREDITY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract—Using phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial whole genome nucleotide sequences (mtDNA), which allows the study of genetic changes over many generations, a spectrum of nucleotide substitutions (along the L-strand of mtDNA) was reconstructed in European populations. The spectra of mtDNA nucleotide substitutions observed in a heteroplasmic state (at the ≥1 and ≥5% levels) in first generation children were also analyzed. It was found that the spectra of nucleotide substitutions reconstructed over one and many generations practically do not differ in their main parameters: the distribution of pyrimidine and purine substitutions (with predominance of T→C transitions) and the ratio of the number of transitions and transversions. Analysis of the phylogenetic tree of mtDNA haplotypes in Europeans clearly revealed the influence of negative (purifying) selection on mitochondrial gene pools. It is suggested that the selective processes guiding the mtDNA evolution in one and many generations are of a similar nature, i.e., are caused by negative selection. The problem of how mutations occur and spread in mitochondria of germ line cells is discussed.
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Russian Journal of Genetics is a journal intended to make significant contribution to the development of genetics. The journal publishes reviews and experimental papers in the areas of theoretical and applied genetics. It presents fundamental research on genetic processes at molecular, cell, organism, and population levels, including problems of the conservation and rational management of genetic resources and the functional genomics, evolutionary genomics and medical genetics.
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