|
|
Variabilita molekulární diversity a proteinové struktury Toll-like receptorů v populacích galapážských drozdců
MILÁČEK, Matěj
Fragmentation of populations and habitat loss is a hallmark of ongoing 6th mass extinction, and in terms of conservation genetics, it is necessary to understand the changes that it entails. It is essential to understand the impact of population size on the variability of the immune genes for the future in conservation genetics. In order to better understand genetic variability, it is not enough to analyze DNA sequences only, but focus on functional protein variability. This paper examines the physiochemical properties and structures of the individual haplotypes of Toll-like receptors in allopatric populations of Galapagos mockingbirds (Mimus sp.). Toll-like receptors play a key role in the immune system, where they form the link between innate and adaptive immune responses, by the detection of pathogens. The data in this work reveal the variability of their diversity across the small Galapagos populations and the large continental populations of the northern mockingbird (M. polyglottos). Comparison of heterozygosity of populations revealed that the proportion of heterozygotes is smaller in galapagos populations than in the continental population. This suggests a greater impact of diversifying selection in the continental population, or a reduction in genetic variability in Galapagos populations due to founder effect and smaller population size. In addition to the description of genetic diversity, the physiochemical properties of the discovered haplotypes were described, the structures of all TLR1B, TLR4 and TLR15 haplotypes were modeled and compared.
|
guest ::
