Widespread over-expression of the X chromosome in sterile F₁hybrid mice.
The X chromosome often plays a central role in hybrid male sterility between species, but it is unclear if this reflects underlying regulatory incompatibilities. Here we combine phenotypic data with genome-wide expression data to directly associate aberrant expression patterns with hybrid male steri...
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doaj-0795f7cea5df451193bb14e01fb79cab2020-11-25T00:53:56ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Genetics1553-73901553-74042010-09-0169e100114810.1371/journal.pgen.1001148Widespread over-expression of the X chromosome in sterile F₁hybrid mice.Jeffrey M GoodThomas GigerMatthew D DeanMichael W NachmanThe X chromosome often plays a central role in hybrid male sterility between species, but it is unclear if this reflects underlying regulatory incompatibilities. Here we combine phenotypic data with genome-wide expression data to directly associate aberrant expression patterns with hybrid male sterility between two species of mice. We used a reciprocal cross in which F₁ males are sterile in one direction and fertile in the other direction, allowing us to associate expression differences with sterility rather than with other hybrid phenotypes. We found evidence of extensive over-expression of the X chromosome during spermatogenesis in sterile but not in fertile F₁ hybrid males. Over-expression was most pronounced in genes that are normally expressed after meiosis, consistent with an X chromosome-wide disruption of expression during the later stages of spermatogenesis. This pattern was not a simple consequence of faster evolutionary divergence on the X chromosome, because X-linked expression was highly conserved between the two species. Thus, transcriptional regulation of the X chromosome during spermatogenesis appears particularly sensitive to evolutionary divergence between species. Overall, these data provide evidence for an underlying regulatory basis to reproductive isolation in house mice and underscore the importance of transcriptional regulation of the X chromosome to the evolution of hybrid male sterility.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2947990?pdf=render |
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Jeffrey M Good Thomas Giger Matthew D Dean Michael W Nachman Widespread over-expression of the X chromosome in sterile F₁hybrid mice. PLoS Genetics |
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Widespread over-expression of the X chromosome in sterile F₁hybrid mice. |
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Widespread over-expression of the X chromosome in sterile F₁hybrid mice. |
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Widespread over-expression of the X chromosome in sterile F₁hybrid mice. |
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Widespread over-expression of the X chromosome in sterile F₁hybrid mice. |
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Widespread over-expression of the X chromosome in sterile F₁hybrid mice. |
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widespread over-expression of the x chromosome in sterile f₁hybrid mice. |
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The X chromosome often plays a central role in hybrid male sterility between species, but it is unclear if this reflects underlying regulatory incompatibilities. Here we combine phenotypic data with genome-wide expression data to directly associate aberrant expression patterns with hybrid male sterility between two species of mice. We used a reciprocal cross in which F₁ males are sterile in one direction and fertile in the other direction, allowing us to associate expression differences with sterility rather than with other hybrid phenotypes. We found evidence of extensive over-expression of the X chromosome during spermatogenesis in sterile but not in fertile F₁ hybrid males. Over-expression was most pronounced in genes that are normally expressed after meiosis, consistent with an X chromosome-wide disruption of expression during the later stages of spermatogenesis. This pattern was not a simple consequence of faster evolutionary divergence on the X chromosome, because X-linked expression was highly conserved between the two species. Thus, transcriptional regulation of the X chromosome during spermatogenesis appears particularly sensitive to evolutionary divergence between species. Overall, these data provide evidence for an underlying regulatory basis to reproductive isolation in house mice and underscore the importance of transcriptional regulation of the X chromosome to the evolution of hybrid male sterility. |
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