From 2034cb8048a7eb762eec9e3de83e9d574d45ede1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Charles Plessy Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 13:55:09 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] Quotes from the genome paper. --- tags/Oikopleura.mdwn | 18 +++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tags/Oikopleura.mdwn b/tags/Oikopleura.mdwn index 1923e9b7..c2fd16c8 100644 --- a/tags/Oikopleura.mdwn +++ b/tags/Oikopleura.mdwn @@ -64,9 +64,25 @@ Genome et al., 2008|biblio/19030770]], [[Denoeud et al., 2010|biblio/21097902]]). It is found in _Ciona_ but not in _C. elegans_ ()[[Martz et al., 2008|biblio/19030770]]. The major spliceosome is hypothethised to have evolved - to become more permissive in order to splice G*-AG sites ([[Denoeud et al., 2010|biblio/21097902]]). + to become more permissive in order to splice G*-AG sites. ”A large fraction + (more than 10%) of the (...) introns displayed non-canonical (non GT-AG) + splice sites, whereas the usual proportion is around 1%-1.5% in other genomes” + ([[Denoeud et al., 2010|biblio/21097902]]). - Operons are enriched for houskeeping genes and depleted for developmental genes ([[Denoeud et al., 2010|biblio/21097902]]). + - “LTR retrotransposons account for a significant part of the indel polymorphism in the Oikopleura genome.” + “Tor-3G elements are frequently inserted into exons and can be transcribed + together with their host gene, although transcripts initiated in the LTR + are also detected (Figure S11).” + “The low allelic frequency of Tor-3G insertions is correlated with the + almost exclusive occurrence of heterozygous genotypes in the populations. + Moreover, experimental crosses between selected heterozygous parents for + the same insertion have thus far not resulted in homozygous offsprings.” + ([[Denoeud et al., 2010|biblio/21097902]]). + - ”Highly conserved elements (HCEs) lie around these developmental genes.” + “Spots of sequence ultraconservation are almost systematically located + in non coding regions, including introns that are larger than average + in such genes than in others.” ([[Denoeud et al., 2010|biblio/21097902]]). Transcriptome -- 2.47.3