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在回声定位鸟类和哺乳动物之间与听觉相关的基因的融合
Keren R Sadanandan1, Meng-Ching Ko1, Gabriel W Low1
1Evolution of Sensory Systems Research Group, Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence, Seewiesen 82319, Germany.
概括
在许多动物中,回声定位是独立进化的. 虽然关键的听觉基因在蝙蝠和鱼中显示选择性,但这项研究在回声定位鸟类和鲁塞特蝙蝠中发现了有限的证据,在特定基因中有一些融合变化.
科学领域:
- 进化生物学 进化生物学
- 基因组学就是基因组学.
- 感官生物学 感官生物学
背景情况:
- 声波定位,即使用声波来检测物体,在包括哺乳动物和鸟类在内的各种动物群体中独立演变.
- 与听力相关的关键基因,如普雷斯 (SLC26A5),在像鱼和蝙蝠这样的经过充分研究的回声定位器中显示出积极的选择和分子融合.
- 然而,在其他族系中,如Rousettus水果蝙蝠和某些鸟类中,回声定位的遗传基础仍未得到充分探索.
研究的目的:
- 调查与回声定位相关的基因中的分子选择和融合模式在回声定位鸟类和罗塞特斯蝙蝠中.
- 为了将这些模式与在成熟的哺乳动物回声定位器中观察到的模式进行比较.
- 识别特定的基因和可能经历了与回声定位相关的融合功能变化的部位.
主要方法:
- 对与回声定位相关的基因进行比较基因分析,这些基因来自回声定位的鸟类 (油鸟,鸟) 和Rousettus蝙蝠.
- 检查这些基因之间的积极选择和分子融合.
- 识别特定的氨基酸替代物及其在听力机制中的潜在功能相关性.
主要成果:
- 与古典的哺乳动物回声定位器相比,较少的回声定位相关基因在罗塞特斯蝙蝠和鸟类中显示出积极选择的证据.
- 与外组相比,在研究的基因组中没有广泛观察到高分子融合.
- 在特定基因中检测到具有潜在功能意义的融合替代物,包括罗塞特斯蝙蝠中的普雷斯和油鸟,油鸟和蝙蝠中的TMC1.
结论:
- 大多数与特殊哺乳动物的回声定位相关的基因在回声定位鸟类或Rousettus果蝙蝠中可能没有被招募或显著改变.
- 然而,某些与听力相关的基因似乎在这些不同的回声定位器中经历了融合的功能变化.
- 对各种回声定位器的适应性进行进一步的研究对于全面了解这种感官模式至关重要.
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