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The evolution of coexisting highly divergent line-1 subfamilies within the rodent genus Peromyscus

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Two distinct members of the LINE-1 (L1) family in Peromyscus were characterized. The two clones, denoted L1Pm55 and L1Pm62, were 1.5 kb and 1.8 kb in length, respectively, and align to the identical region of the L1 sequence of Mus domesticus. Sequence similarity was on the order of 70% between L1Pm55 and L1Pm62, which approximates that between either Peromyscus sequence and Mus Ll. L1Pm62 represents a more prevalent subfamily than L1Pm55. L1Pm62 exists in about 500 copies per haploid genome, while L1Pm55 exists in about 100 copies. The existence of major and minor subpopulations of L1 within Peromyscus is in contrast to murine rodents and higher primates, where L1 copy number is on the order of 20,000 to 100,000, and where levels of intraspecific divergence among L1 elements are typically less than 15–20%. Additional Peromyscus clones are similarly divergent from both L1Pm62 and LIPm55, implying the existence of more than two distinct L1 subfamilies. The highly divergent L1 subfamilies in Peromyscus apparently have been evolving independently for more than 25 million years, preceding the divergence of cricetine and murine rodents. Investigations of the evolution of L1 within Peromyscus by restriction and Southern analysis was performed using species groups represented by the partially interfertile species pairs P. maniculatus-P. polionotus, P. leucopus-P. gossypinus, and P. truei-P. difficilis of the nominate subgenus and P. californicus of the Haplomylomys subgenus. Changes in L1 and species group taxonomic boundaries frequently coincided. The implications for phylogeny are discussed.

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Kass, D.H., Berger, F.G. & Dawson, W.D. The evolution of coexisting highly divergent line-1 subfamilies within the rodent genus Peromyscus . J Mol Evol 35, 472–485 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00160208

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