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Methods for evaluating exon-protein correspondences

Arlin Stoltzfus 1, David F. Spencer and W.Ford Doolittle

CIAR Program in Evolutionary Biology, Department of Biochemistry, Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4H7 Canada

1To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: arlm{at}ac.dal.ca

According to the exon theory of genes, protein-coding genes evolved originally by combinatorial assembly of mini-gene precursors of modern exons. If so, then exons should tend to encode discrete bits of protein structure, as first suggested by C.C.F.Blake. In order to assess the evidence for Blake's conjecture, we have developed methods for evaluating the significance of correspondences between split gene structure and protein structure, using computer programs for measuring observed correspondences and comparing them to random expectations. Initial results of applying these methods to data on ancient proteins have been presented elsewhere. Here we describe the algorithms in detail, and demonstrate their effectiveness in finding correlations in idealized test cases. The likely effects of deletion and putative displacement (‘sliding’) of introns on the ability to detect correlations are also examined.

Received on February 14, 1995; accepted on April 20, 1995

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