Journal article
High proportions of deleterious polymorphisms in constrained human genes
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol.28(1), pp.49-52
2011
Abstract
Previous studies on human mitochondrial genomes showed that the ratio of intra-specific diversities at nonsynonymous-to-synonymous positions was two to ten times higher than the ratio of interspecific divergences at these positions, suggesting an excess of slightly deleterious nonsynonymous polymorphisms. However, such an overabundance of nonsynonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) was not found in human nuclear genomes. Here, genome-wide estimates using >14,000 human-chimp nuclear genes and 1 million SNPs from four human genomes showed a significant proportion of deleterious nonsynonymous SNPs (∼15%). Importantly, this study reveals a negative correlation between the magnitude of selection pressure and the proportion of deleterious SNPs on human genes. The proportion of deleterious amino acid replacement polymorphisms is 3.5 times higher in genes under high purifying selection compared with that in less constrained genes (28% vs. 8%). These results are explained by differences in the extent of contribution of mildly deleterious mutations to diversity and substitution. © 2010 The Author.
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- Title
- High proportions of deleterious polymorphisms in constrained human genes
- Authors
- Sankar Subramanian (Author) - Griffith University
- Publication details
- Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol.28(1), pp.49-52
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Date published
- 2011
- DOI
- 10.1093/molbev/msq287
- ISSN
- 0737-4038
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Centre for Bioinnovation
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450604302621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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