Project description:Local adaptation can play a fundamental role in the isolation of populations. While less well-studied than differentiation in sequence variation, changes in transcriptional variation during speciation also are fundamental to the evolutionary process. Drosophila mojavensis offers an unprecedented opportunity to examine the role of transcriptional differentiation in local adaptation. Drosophila mojavensis is a cactophilic fly composed of four ecologically distinct subspecies that inhabit the deserts of western North America. Each of the four subspecies utilizes necrotic tissue of different cactus host species characterized by distinct chemical profiles. The subspecies in Baja California, Mexico uses Stenocereus gummosus (Agria), in mainland Sonora it uses S. thurberi (Organ Pipe), in the Mojave Desert the host is Ferocactus cylindraceus (Red Barrel) and in Santa Catalina Island, USA, Opuntia littoralis (Prickly Pear) is the host. In this chapter we examine how the adaptation to the different environmental conditions across the four subspecies have shaped their transcriptional profiles. Using complete D. mojavensis genome microarrays we examined the transcriptome of third instar larvae from all four subspecies reared in standard laboratory media free of necrotic cactus-derived compounds. This experimental strategy focused on differences between constitutively expressed genes and not genes induced by necrotic cactus-derived compounds. The subspecies exhibited significant differential expression of genes that likely underlie the adaptation to different cactus hosts, such as detoxification genes (Glutathione S-transferases, Cytochrome P450s and UDP-Glycosyltransferases) and chemosensory genes (Odorant Receptors, Gustatory Receptors and Odorant Binding Proteins). Dataset from Matzkin, L. M. and Markow, T.A. Transcriptional differentiation across the four cactus host races of Drosophila mojavensis. In Speciation: Natural Processes, Genetics and Biodiversity. Edited by Michalak, P. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
2015-01-01 | GSE41155 | GEO
Project description:Genome Assembly of Drosophila mojavensis baja Baja Population
| PRJNA882910 | ENA
Project description:Genome Assembly of Drosophila mojavensis wrigleyi Catalina Island Population
Project description:In the presence of environmental change, natural selection can shape the transcriptome. Under a scenario of environmental change, genotypes that are better able to modulate gene expression to maximize fitness will tend to be favored. Therefore, it is important to examine gene expression at the population level in order to distinguish random or neutral gene expression variation from the pattern produced by natural selection. This study investigates the natural variation in transcriptional response to a cactus host shift utilizing the mainland Sonora population of Drosophila mojavensis. Drosophila mojavensis is a cactophilic species composed of four cactus host populations endemic to the deserts of North America. Overall, the change in cactus host was associated with a significant reduction in larval viability, as well as the differential expression of 21% of the genome (3,109 genes). Among the genes identified were a set of genes previously known to be involved in xenobiotic metabolism, as well as genes involved in cellular energy production, oxidoreductase/carbohydrate metabolism, structural components and mRNA binding. Interestingly, of the 3,109 genes whose expression was affected by host use, there was a significant overrepresentation of genes that lacked an orthologous call to the D. melanogaster genome, suggesting the possibility of an accelerated rate of evolution in these genes. Of the genes with a significant cactus effect, the majority, 2,264 genes, did not exhibit a significant cactus-by-line interaction. This population level approach facilitated the identification of genes involved in past cactus host shifts. Dataset from Population transcriptomics of cactus host shifts in Drosophila mojavensis, Matzkin, LM. Molecular Ecology.
Project description:Assessment of the seminal fluid proteins of Drosophila mojavensis and Drosophila arizonae. Experiment was performed using SILAC, whereas D. arizonae males were labeled with L-lysine-2HCL, 4,4,5,5-D4 (Lys 4) and D. mojavensis males labeled with L-Lysine-13C6,15N2 (Lys 8) and mated to their respective conspecific females (unlabeled). Following copulation females were immediately frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored at -80 C until reproductive tracts were removed and placed in 50 mM ammonium bicarbonate.
Project description:Investigation of whole genome transcription expression level changes in Drosophila mojavensis wild-type populations (1 Punta Onah: PO, 2 Organ Pipe National Monument: OPNM, 3 Punta Prieta:PP, and 4 San Quintin: SQ). The experiment was designed to investigate functional genomic responses to temperature variation (15, 25, and 35 °C) in adult Drosophila mojavensis wild populations. For each treatment 1-5 replicates were used (R1, R2, R3, R4 & R5). SO and BC represents Sonora deserts and Baja California region respectively.
Project description:Investigation of whole genome transcription expression level changes in Drosophila mojavensis wild-type populations (Las Bocas:LB and Punta Prieta:PP). The experiment was designed to investigate life history transcriptomics in different environments.
Project description:Investigation of whole genome transcription expression level changes in Drosophila mojavensis wild-type populations (Las Bocas:LB and Punta Prieta:PP). The experiment was designed to investigate preadult life history affects over adult transcriptome expression.
2015-08-21 | GSE72231 | GEO
Project description:Ovaries and testes transcriptomes of Drosophila arizonae, Drosophila mojavensis mojavensis, Drosophila mojavensis wrigleyi and reciprocal hybrids