Project description:Postmating reproductive isolation is often manifested as hybrid male sterility, for which X-linked genes are over-represented. In contrast, X-linked gene are significantly under-represented among testis-expressing gene.This seeming contradiction may be germane to the X:autosome imbalance hypothesis on hybrid sterility ,in which the X-linked effect is mediated mainly through the misexpression of autosomal genes. We compared gene expression in fertile and sterile males in the hybrids between two Drosophila species. These hybrid males differ only in a small region of the X chromosome containing the OdsH locus of hybrid sterility. Of genes expressed in the testis, autosomal genes were indeed more likely to be misexpressed than X-linked genes under the steriizing action of OdsH. We compared gene expression between D. simulans males that carried either a fertile or sterile introgression (referred to as F or S males, respectively) from D. mauritiana. The introgressions span approximately 1/10 of the X chromosome, but the difference between the two introgressions is only about 3 Kb which contains exons 3 – 4 of OdsH. In short, F and S males have the same genetic background with respect to species origin, except the source of a portion of the OdsH gene. Three separate extractions and hybridizations were carried out for the RNA samples derived from testes and abdomens in each of two introgression lines.
Project description:Deep sequencing of total RNA extracted from the genital discs of males for each of the following strains : Drosophila sechellia, Drosophila mauritiana, hybrid introgression line 3Q1(A) and hybrid introgression line Q1(A)
Project description:[original title] Binding site turnover produces pervasive quantitative changes in transcription factor binding between closely related Drosophila species. We demonstrate extensive quantitative changes in binding of six factors that control early embryonic patterning between two closely related Drosophila species
Project description:An introgression of C. briggsae onto the X chromosome of C briggsae results in male sterility. In order to determine the cause, we sequenced small RNAs from this strain and compared to fertile males of the two parent species.
Project description:[original title] Binding site turnover produces pervasive quantitative changes in transcription factor binding between closely related Drosophila species. We demonstrate extensive quantitative changes in binding of six factors that control early embryonic patterning between two closely related Drosophila species ChIP-Seq based binding measurements of six transcription factors in embryos of two Drosophila species, D.melanogaster and D.yakuba.
Project description:As an important cold-water economic fish species, rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) exhibits several intra-specific variation in skin pigmentation that can give rise to distinctive phenotypes, and wild-type rainbow trout with black skin (WR) and yellow mutant rainbow trout with yellow skin (YR) are the major two types in the farms, whose distinct skin colors make them suitable model for elucidating the skin pigmentation process. Skin color as a key indicator for selection in rainbow trout farming as well as has a strong visual impact on the consumer when rainbow trout are marketed. Previously, extensive studies have been conducted on skin color in rainbow trout, including the observation of skin spots and the expression analysis of some important pigment genes. However, up to date, no studies have systematically examined the molecular regulation mechanism of skin color difference between WR and YR through a high throughput method. Therefore, the aim of this study was to reveal the molecular regulation mechanism of skin color difference between these two strains at the mRNA and miRNA transcriptome level, and candidate genes, miRNAs and miRNA-mRNA pairs that may be responsible for rainbow trout albinism were obtained.
Project description:Yellow mutant rainbow trout (YR) is becoming more popular for aquaculture production in China in recent years owing to its excellent meat quality and gorgeous appearance. Although much comparative research has been undertaken on two or three different skin colors of the same species, seldom attentions were focused on the genetic regulation during the developmental process of pigmentation. In this study, the skin transcriptomes in three distinct developmental stages of YR were sequenced to search for genes related to skin pigmentation.
Project description:Two introgression strains (ZZY10307 and ZZY10330) of C. briggsae onto the X chromosome of C. nigoni results in male sterility. In order to determine the cause, we sequenced the mRNAs from young adult males from these two strains, and compared to fertile males of the two parent species (AF16 and JU1421). Two wild-type female samples were also included as platform QC.
