cis调节元素的不同组合控制着表型可塑性的演变
Mohannad Dardiry1,2, Gabi Eberhard1, Hanh Witte1
1Max-Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
PLoS biology
|August 17, 2023
概括
现型可塑性在线虫中迅速发展. 一个具有cis调节元素的单个基因位点控制了线虫食人主义的进化,证明了塑性特征的快速进化.
科学领域:
- 进化生物学是进化的生物学.
- 发育遗传学的发展遗传学.
- 尼马生物学的生物学
背景情况:
- 现型可塑性对进化至关重要,但对其自身的进化了解甚微.
- 研究塑性演变需要具有可处理的遗传和发育途径的模型系统.
研究的目的:
- 了解线虫Pristionchus pacificus的基因基础和养结构可塑性的演变.
- 识别导致食人形态演变的分子机制.
主要方法:
- 在 Pristionchus pacificus的自然分离物之间进行了重组杂交系和定量特征位置 (QTL) 分析.
- 用CRISPR/Cas-9基因编辑来研究cis调节元件及其相互作用.
- 跨多个分离物体进行比较基因组学,以推断进化模式.
主要成果:
- 与核心发育基因相关的单个定量特征位置 (QTL) 控制着食人形态的表达.
- 这种QTL包括多个cis-regulatory元素,包括转录因子结合点的拷贝数变化和内核核酸多态.
- 发现一种内部调节元件可以消除基因表达,模仿基因淘汰,突出显示快速的 cis 调节进化.
结论:
- 晶体调节元件在塑性特征表达和演变方面发挥着重要作用.
- 线食者的进化是由一个具有复杂 cis-regulatory 架构的单个位置控制的.
- 在同一位置出现并行进化的证据表明,对这种特征的进化压力是趋同的.
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