Project description:Histones were isolated from brown adipose tissue and liver from mice housed at 28, 22, or 8 C. Quantitative top- or middle-down approaches were used to quantitate histone H4 and H3.2 proteoforms. See published article for complimentary RNA-seq and RRBS datasets.
Project description:Myelopoiesis is impaired in Raptor-deleted mice (CreER-Rptor-flox/flox). To evaluate the transcriptional changes in myeloid precursors , we isolated CMP (Lin–Sca-1–c-Kit+CD34+FcγRII/IIImid), GMP (Lin–Sca-1–c-Kit+CD34+FcγRII/IIIhigh) and Lin (B220, Ly6C, Ly6G, CD3, Ter-119) negative cells (Lin–) from bone marrow of WT or CreER-Rptor-flox/flox mice. RNA was isolated from CMP and GMP immediately after sorting and Lin- cells were cultured for 12 hours with M-CSF (10 ng/mL) in 10% FBS and 1% P/S DMEM before RNA isolation. We used microarrays to compare the global transcription profiles of CMP, GMP, or Lin– stimulated with M-CSF for 12 hours from WT and CreER-Raptor-flox/flox mice.
Project description:Introgressed variants from other species can be an important source of genetic variation because they may arise rapidly, can include multiple mutations on a single haplotype, and have often been pretested by selection in the species of origin. Although introgressed alleles are generally deleterious, several studies have reported introgression as the source of adaptive alleles-including the rodenticide-resistant variant of Vkorc1 that introgressed from Mus spretus into European populations of Mus musculus domesticus. Here, we conducted bidirectional genome scans to characterize introgressed regions into one wild population of M. spretus from Spain and three wild populations of M. m. domesticus from France, Germany, and Iran. Despite the fact that these species show considerable intrinsic postzygotic reproductive isolation, introgression was observed in all individuals, including in the M. musculus reference genome (GRCm38). Mus spretus individuals had a greater proportion of introgression compared with M. m. domesticus, and within M. m. domesticus, the proportion of introgression decreased with geographic distance from the area of sympatry. Introgression was observed on all autosomes for both species, but not on the X-chromosome in M. m. domesticus, consistent with known X-linked hybrid sterility and inviability genes that have been mapped to the M. spretus X-chromosome. Tract lengths were generally short with a few outliers of up to 2.7 Mb. Interestingly, the longest introgressed tracts were in olfactory receptor regions, and introgressed tracts were significantly enriched for olfactory receptor genes in both species, suggesting that introgression may be a source of functional novelty even between species with high barriers to gene flow.
Project description:We collected whole genome testis expression data from hybrid zone mice. We integrated GWAS mapping of testis expression traits and low testis weight to gain insight into the genetic basis of hybrid male sterility.
