细菌饮食影响了Pristionchus pacificus中的突变率
Yinan Wang1, Penghieng Theam1, Shiela Pearl Quiobe1
1Department for integrative Evolutionary Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen, Max-Planck Ring 9, Tübingen, 72076, Germany.
G3 (Bethesda, Md.)
|February 13, 2026
概括
细菌饮食显著影响菌Pristionchus pacificus中的突变积累 (MA) 率. 这项研究揭示了饮食驱动的MA速率变化,而不会改变整体突变谱.
科学领域:
- 进化生物学是进化的生物学.
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
- 微生物学 微生物学
背景情况:
- 突变积累 (MA) 是一个关键的进化驱动因素,受到环境和遗传因素的影响.
- 虽然已知温度对突变速率的影响,但饮食的影响,特别是多细胞生物,理解程度较低.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究不同的细菌饮食如何影响线虫Pristionchus pacificus中的MA率.
- 在多细胞生物体中的各种细菌饮食中量化MA速率差异.
主要方法:
- 从 Pristionchus pacificus. 的不同自然分离物中MA线的全基因组测序.
- 在各种来自自然环境的细菌饮食上培养线虫.
- 估计单核酸,插入和删除突变率.
主要成果:
- 平均单核酸突变率在每个基因位点和一代之间从1.69*10^-9到2.23*10^-9不等.
- 插入和删除率分别在 1.53*10^-10 到 2.90*10^-10 和 3.01*10^-10 到 4.51*10^-10 之间,每个站点每代.
- 在不同的细菌饮食中的线虫中观察到MA速率的1.4倍差异,突变光谱基本不变.
结论:
- 细菌饮食是影响 Pristionchus pacificus 中突变积累率的一个重要因素.
- 饮食对MA发病率的影响发生在没有实质性改变突变谱的情况下.
- 这些发现突出了饮食在塑造分子层面进化过程中的作用.
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