The 5q31 region in two African populations as a facet of natural selection by infectious diseases.
Genetika
; 49(2): 279-88, 2013 Feb.
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| ID: mdl-23668094
ABSTRACT
Cases of extreme natural selection could lead either to rapid fixation or extinction of alleles depending on the population structure and size. It may also manifest in excess of heterozygosity and the locus concerned will be displaying such drastic features of allele change. We suspect the 5q31 in chromosome 5 to mirror situation of such extreme natural selection particularly that the region encompasses genes of type 2 cytokine known to associate with a number of infectious and non-infectious diseases. We typed two sets of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPS) in two populations an initial limited set of only 4 SNP within the genes of IL-4, IL-13, IL-5 and IL-9 in 108 unrelated individuals and a replicating set of 14 SN P in 924 individuals from the same populations with disregard to relatedness. The results suggest the 5q31 area to be under intense selective pressure as indicated by marked heterozygosity independent of Linkage Disequilibrium (LD); difference in heterozygosity, allele, and haplotype frequencies between generations and departure from Hardy-Weinberg expectations (DHWE). The study area is endemic for several infectious diseases including malaria and visceral leishmaniasis (VL). Malaria caused by Plasmodiumfalciparum, however, occurs mostly with mild clinical symptoms in all ages, which makes it unlikely to account for these indices. The strong selection signals seems to emanate from recent outbreaks of VL which affected both populations to varying extent.
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Assunto principal:
Seleção Genética
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Cromossomos Humanos Par 5
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Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único
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Genética Populacional
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Leishmaniose Visceral
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Malária
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
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Infant
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article