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Bio 1B Lecture Outline (please print and bring along) Fall, 2008B.D. Mishler, Dept. of Integrative Biology 2-6810, [email protected] lecture #5 -- Molecular genetics and molecular evolution -- Nov. 12h, 2008 Main assigned reading: 548-555 (ch. 26) 8th ed.; 499-508 (ch. 25) 7th ed Supplementary reading for refresher (if needed): 308-319 (ch. 16), 325-350 (ch. 17) 8th ed296-307 (ch. 16), 309-333 (ch. 17) 7th edI. Summary of topics to be covered:• Review the key features of DNA structure and the processes of gene transcription and translation (DNA of genes to amino acids of proteins)• Molecular features of all life forms that support evolution• Describe why phylogenetic trees drawn from molecular data should show the same broad patterns as those drawn from fossil data• Use the molecular clock principle to estimate divergence times between groups on phylogenetic treesII. Molecular geneticsDNA: deoxyribonucleic acid; the genetic material.nucleotides: adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), thymine (T); in the DNA double helix, A pairswith T, and G pairs with C (see Fig. 16.7).RNA: ribonucleic acid; uracil (U) replaces thymine (T).mRNA: messenger RNA; kind of RNA produced by transcription from the DNA and which acts asthe message that is decoded to form proteins (Fig. 17.4).tRNA: transfer RNA; kind of RNA that brings the amino acids to the ribosomes to make proteins. A transfer RNA molecule has an amino acid attached to it, and has attached in a different area ofthe molecule the anti-codon corresponding to that amino acid. In protein synthesis, each codon in the mRNA combines with the appropriate tRNA's anti-codon, and the amino acids are thus arranged in order and make the protein (Figs. 17.13 – 17.16).amino acids: the unit building blocks of proteins; a protein is a chain of amino acids in a certain sequence. There are 20 amino acids in the proteins of living things.genetic code: the code relating the nucleotide triplets in the messenger RNA to amino acids in the protein (Fig. 17.5).codon: a triplet of bases (nucleotides) in RNA coding for one amino acid. Conventionally, the triplet in the mRNA is the codon, and the triplet in the tRNA is the anti-codon.Evolution #5, pg. 1degenerate: more than one codon can code for one amino acid; hence some mutations do not result in an amino acid change; these are called synonymous mutations, as distinct from nonsynonymous mutations which do result in an amino acid changeuniversal: the same genetic code is used in all organisms (with a few small exceptions)Exons vs. Introns, and alternative splicing. Some genes can encode more than one kind of polypeptide, depending on which segments are treated as exons during RNA splicing. Such variations are called alternative RNA splicing. Because of alternative splicing, the number of different proteins an organism can produce is much greater than its number of genesSummary of transcription and translation in a eukaryotic cell. Three kinds of RNA: rRNA makes up ribosomes (along with proteins); mRNA carries the transcript from the DNA to the ribosome; tRNA brings in specific amino acids (according to the genetic code) for assembly intoproteins.mutations: a heritable change in DNA. Mutations can be deleterious, neutral, or selected. Mutations can involve a change of a nucleotide (base change) as well as insertions or deletions of genetic material (see Fig. 17.23).III. Molecular features that support evolution• Common molecular and biochemical features of all life forms• Universal use of DNA as the genetic material, rules of genetic transmission, and genetic code• Universal processes of gene expression, protein synthesis, and protein function• The genes and their functions are strikingly similar in different organisms• DNA shows evidence of variation (diversity), the continuity of life, and the unitary origin of life• The more closely related two species are to each other, the more similar their DNA, and viceversa (humans and chimps are more closely related to each other than either is to gorillas or orangutans) (Fig. 34.37)• Evolutionary trees based on DNA are strikingly similar to those based on anatomical, developmental, and fossil evidenceIV. Genome sequencesEvolution #5, pg. 2The complete DNA genome sequences of more than 300 organisms have been completed, mostly prokaryotes, but many eukaryotes as well, for example, yeast, fruit fly, mustard plant, moss, rice, nematode worm, mouse, and humans, and sequencing of the genomes of thousands of organisms is in progress (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Genomes/index.html).Is a genome:A supremely designed room? Or an attic?The human genome is an immense attic, collecting more than 3.5 billion years of history! Synteny is when genes in homologous regions of the genome of two species are lined up in the same order. E.g., comparing the mouse genome with the human genomeMitochondria and chloroplast have their own genomes, in addition to the nuclear genome. These are descended from the endosymbiotic bacteria that originally came to live inside the eukaryotic cell. A large number of these have been sequenced, and provide important phylogentic characters, both in their nucleotide sequence and in their gene order. Below is an example of the latter from green plants, to be explained in lecture. V. Molecular evolutionevolutionary trees from DNA data: A series of evolutionary changes involves a progressive accumulation of genetic change in the DNA.Evolution #5, pg. 3Even if there were no selection operating, i.e., mutations which arose were selectively neutral, because of the finite size of populations and consequent chance events, alleles always eventuallybecome lost from a population, so there is eventual replacement of allelic types by another. (This will be covered later in section on genetic drift.)The more distantly related two species are the more genetic differences (amino acid changes or nucleotide changes) that will have accumulated between them. So, the longer the time since the organisms diverged, the greater the number of differences in the nucleotide sequence of the gene, e.g., cytochrome c.Evolutionary trees drawn from DNA data agree well with those drawn from the fossil record, and can be important where convergent evolution of similar characteristics can cause confusionin drawing evolutionary trees based on the characteristics of organisms, and/or when the fossil record is poor.The gene that


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