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Molecular evolution of the membrane associated progesterone receptor in the Brachionus plicatilis (Rotifera, Monogononta) species complex

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Many studies have investigated physiological roles of the membrane associated progesterone receptor (MAPR), but little is known of its evolution. Marked variations in response to exogenous progesterone have been reported for four brachionid rotifer species, suggesting differences in progesterone signaling and reception. Here we report sequence variation for the MAPR gene in the Brachionus plicatilis species complex. Phylogenetic analysis of this receptor is compared with relatedness based on cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 sequences. Nonsynonymous to synonymous site substitution rate ratios, amino acid divergence, and variations in predicted phosphorylation sites are examined to assess evolution of the MAPR among brachionid clades.

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Acknowledgments

National Science Foundation grant BE/GenEn MCB-0412674E to TWS and DMW, and an NSF IGERT fellowship to HAS under DGE 0114400, supported this study. E. García-Roger provided subcultures of B. rotundiformis and B. plicatilis s.s. of Spain. B. Hecox-Lea did 5′-RACE. T. Shearer gave advice. Comments by R.L. Wallace, M. Serra, and two anonymous reviewers improved this manuscript.

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    Hilary A. Smith & Terry W. Snell

  2. Marine Biological Laboratory, Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, Woods Hole, MA, 02543-1015, USA

    David B. Mark Welch

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Guest editors: N. Walz, R. Adrian, J.J. Gilbert, M.T. Monaghan, G. Weithoff & H. Zimmermann-Timm / Rotifera XII: New aspects in rotifer evolution, genetics, reproduction, ecology and biogeography.

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Smith, H.A., Mark Welch, D.B. & Snell, T.W. Molecular evolution of the membrane associated progesterone receptor in the Brachionus plicatilis (Rotifera, Monogononta) species complex. Hydrobiologia 662, 99–106 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-010-0484-4

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