Comparative Genomic Hybridization (CGH) reveals a neo-X chromosome and biased gene movement in stalk-eyed flies (genus Teleopsis).
Comparative Genomic Hybridization (CGH) reveals a neo-X chromosome and biased gene movement in stalk-eyed flies (genus Teleopsis).
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10.1371/journal.pgen.1001121
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2010-09-16
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影响因子:
4.5
通讯作者:
Wilkinson GS
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Baker RH;Wilkinson GS
Chromosomal location has a significant effect on the evolutionary dynamics of genes involved in sexual dimorphism, impacting both the pattern of sex-specific gene expression and the rate of duplication and protein evolution for these genes. For nearly all non-model organisms, however, knowledge of chromosomal gene content is minimal and difficult to obtain on a genomic scale. In this study, we utilized Comparative Genomic Hybridization (CGH), using probes designed from EST sequence, to identify genes located on the X chromosome of four species in the stalk-eyed fly genus Teleopsis. Analysis of log2 ratio values of female-to-male hybridization intensities from the CGH microarrays for over 3,400 genes reveals a strongly bimodal distribution that clearly differentiates autosomal from X-linked genes for all four species. Genotyping of 33 and linkage mapping of 28 of these genes in Teleopsis dalmanni indicate the CGH results correctly identified chromosomal location in all cases. Syntenic comparison with Drosophila indicates that 90% of the X-linked genes in Teleopsis are homologous to genes located on chromosome 2L in Drosophila melanogaster, suggesting the formation of a nearly complete neo-X chromosome from Muller element B in the dipteran lineage leading to Teleopsis. Analysis of gene movement both relative to Drosophila and within Teleopsis indicates that gene movement is significantly associated with 1) rates of protein evolution, 2) the pattern of gene duplication, and 3) the evolution of eyespan sexual dimorphism. Overall, this study reveals that diopsids are a critical group for understanding the evolution of sex chromosomes within Diptera. In addition, we demonstrate that CGH is a useful technique for identifying chromosomal sex-linkage and should be applicable to other organisms with EST or partial genomic information. The distribution and organization of genes on chromosomes vary widely among animals. Chromosomes can change in number and size, as well as gene composition, over short evolutionary time scales. Furthermore, chromosome location can influence how genes are expressed in various tissues and how they evolve. The sex chromosomes, in particular, have a dynamic impact on gene movement, expression, and evolution. Uncovering the chromosomal location of genes has traditionally been difficult for non-model organism species. In this study, we assess sex chromosome linkage using a new method that hybridizes DNA from males and females to probes representing over 3,400 genes in stalk-eyed flies. This technique identifies 533 genes (15%) that are located on the X chromosome with the remaining genes located on two autosomes. Comparison of these genes with their location in Drosophila indicates that the X chromosome in stalk-eyed flies is nearly completely homologous to the autosome 2L in D. melanogaster. This result reveals the formation of a neo-X chromosome in the lineage leading to stalk-eyed flies and indicates that stalk-eyed flies provide a valuable new system to study the origin and evolution of sex chromosomes.
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