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控制Drosophila的性二态特征的遗传开关的调节和进化
Thomas M Williams1, Jane E Selegue, Thomas Werner
1Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin, 1525 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
Cell
|August 30, 2008
概括
研究人员在果中发现了控制男性特异性腹部色素的遗传开关. 这涉及HOX蛋白质腹部-B (ABD-B) 和双性 (DSX) 调节Bric-à-brac (Bab) 基因表达,揭示了对性二态特征演变的见解.
科学领域:
- 进化发育生物学 进化发育生物学
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
- 动物行为 动物行为
背景情况:
- 性二态特征对于动物的进化和行为至关重要,但它们的发育机制在很大程度上是未知的.
- 雄性特异性腹部颜色在Drosophila melanogaster是一种最近进化的二态特征,在雌性中被Bric-à-brac (Bab) 蛋白抑制.
研究的目的:
- 阐明Drosophila melanogaster中控制二态Bric-à-brac (bab) 表达的遗传开关的调节机制和进化起源.
主要方法:
- 识别和进化追踪控制二态巴布表达的 cis 调节元件 (CRE).
- 通过HOX蛋白 Abdominal-B (ABD-B) 和性别特异的双性 (DSX) 异形来直接调节bab CRE的分析.
主要成果:
- HOX蛋白的腹部-B (ABD-B) 和性别特异的双性 (DSX) 异型直接调节一个bab cis调节元件 (CRE).
- 在女性中,ABD-B和DSX(F) 激活了bab的表达,而在男性中,DSX(M) 直接抑制了bab,从而使色素变化.
- 双形巴布表达的进化涉及到CRE的微小变化,CRE从祖先来调节其他双形特征.
结论:
- 新的两形性特征可以从基因网络中的修改中产生,这些基因网络控制了先前存在的两形性特征.
- 这项研究揭示了在果中特定的双形特征的进化背后的复杂遗传调节.
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