早期生活环境对替代拼接的长期影响
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
|January 23, 2026
概括
生命早期的环境在生物体上留下了持久的分子印记. 在豆中,母亲的环境显著改变了女儿的替代拼接模式,持续到成年.
科学领域:
- 发展生物学 发展生物学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
背景情况:
- 生物对环境线索做出反应,早期生活经验可能会产生长期影响.
- 替代拼接是调解环境反应的关键机制,但长期后果尚不清楚.
- 豆表现出环境制的翅膀多性,受母体密度的影响.
研究的目的:
- 研究早期生活环境对替代拼接模式的长期影响.
- 为了确定母亲的环境是否影响女儿的拼接形状,而不依赖于形态决定.
- 量化早期环境和形态特征对转录组变异的相对贡献.
主要方法:
- 对成年豆虫的替代拼接配置文件的分析.
- 来自不同母亲环境和形态的女儿之间的拼接模式的比较.
- 对母环境影响的量化与对拼接的形态特异性影响.
主要成果:
- 在胚胎发育期间,母亲的环境显著改变了女儿的替代拼接特征.
- 这些由环境引起的拼接变化持续到成年期,独立于女儿的形态.
- 母亲环境对拼接的影响很大,甚至超过了形态特异性的差异.
结论:
- 生命早期的环境条件可以在替代拼接中建立持久的分子变化.
- 环境历史留下了一个持久的分子印记,它超越了发展轨迹.
- 解开环境和形态特异性转录组变异对于理解发育可塑性至关重要.
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