Identifying active cis-regulatory elements during the development of the limbs and external genitalia in the mouse and lizard.
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ABSTRACT: The morphologies of the amniote phallus and limbs differ dramatically, but these structures share signaling pathways and patterns of gene expression in early development. Thus far, the extent to which genital and limb transcriptional networks share cis-regulatory elements has remained unexplored. Using chromatin immunoprecipitation with an antibody against the histone modification mark H3K27ac followed by Illumina high-throughput sequencing, we identify thousands of active enhancers in developing limbs, genital tubercle, and additional embryonic tissues of the mouse and green anole lizard (Anolis carolinensis). We show in global analyses of cis-regulatory activity that embryonic limbs and genitalia display overlapping patterns of enhancer activity, and that many H3K27ac-marked regions are shared between mouse and green anole. Our findings support the hypothesis that the amniote phallus evolved through co-option of a preexisting appendage developmental program.
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus Anolis carolinensis
PROVIDER: GSE64055 | GEO | 2015/10/01
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA269973
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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