Proteomic similarity of the Littorinid snails in the evolutionary context.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The introduction of DNA-based molecular markers made a revolution in biological systematics. However, in cases of very recent divergence events, the neutral divergence may be too slow, and the analysis of adaptive part of the genome is more informative to reconstruct the recent evolutionary history of young species. The advantage of proteomics is its ability to reflect the biochemical machinery of life. It may help both to identify rapidly evolving genes and to interpret their functions.

Methods

Here we applied a comparative gel-based proteomic analysis to several species from the gastropod family Littorinidae. Proteomes were clustered to assess differences related to species, geographic location, sex and body part, using data on presence/absence of proteins in sa

SUBMITTER: Maltseva AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7024583 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature