Epigenetic divergence during early stages of speciation in an African crater lake cichlid fish.
Epigenetic divergence during early stages of speciation in an African crater lake cichlid fish.
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10.1038/s41559-022-01894-w
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2022-12
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16.8
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Epigenetic variation can alter transcription and promote phenotypic divergence between populations facing different environmental challenges. Here, we assess the epigenetic basis of diversification during the early stages of speciation. Specifically, we focus on the extent and functional relevance of DNA methylome divergence in the very young radiation of Astatotilapia calliptera in crater Lake Masoko, southern Tanzania. Our study focuses on two lake ecomorphs that diverged approximately 1,000 years ago and a population in the nearby river from which they separated approximately 10,000 years ago. The two lake ecomorphs show no fixed genetic differentiation, yet are characterized by different morphologies, depth preferences and diets. We report extensive genome-wide methylome divergence between the two lake ecomorphs, and between the lake and river populations, linked to key biological processes and associated with altered transcriptional activity of ecologically relevant genes. Such genes differing between lake ecomorphs include those involved in steroid metabolism, hemoglobin composition and erythropoiesis, consistent with their divergent habitat occupancy. Using a common-garden experiment, we found that global methylation profiles are often rapidly remodeled across generations but ecomorph-specific differences can be inherited. Collectively, our study suggests an epigenetic contribution to the early stages of vertebrate speciation. Analysis of the DNA methylomes of two ecomorphs of Astatotilapia calliptera from a single lake, which diverged about 1,000 years ago plus a third riverine ecomorph, from which they likely separated about 10,000 years ago, shows epigenetic differences associated with altered transcriptional activity of ecologically relevant genes, despite low levels of genetic divergence.
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影响因子:
12.3
作者:
Lee, Hyung Joo;Hou, Yiran;Johnson, Stephen L.
通讯作者:
Johnson, Stephen L.
影响因子:
14.9
作者:
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通讯作者:
Wu H
DOI:
10.1126/science.aac9927
发表时间:
2015-12-18
期刊:
Science (New York, N.Y.)
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作者:
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Turner GF
影响因子:
3.9
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Piferrer F
影响因子:
64.5
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