Substitutions in the Glycogenin-1 Gene Are Associated with the Evolution of Endothermy in Sharks and Tunas
| Autor: | Ciezarek, Adam G., Dunning, Luke T., Jones, Catherine S., Noble, Leslie R., Humble, Emily, Stefanni, Sergio S., Savolainen, Vincent |
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| Přispěvatelé: | The Leverhulme Trust |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
Fish Proteins
endothermy sharks Sharks/genetics Body Temperature Evolution Molecular Glucosyltransferases/genetics 0603 Evolutionary Biology Tuna/genetics positive selection Animals Fish Proteins/genetics Selection Genetic Muscle Skeletal Glycoproteins 0604 Genetics Muscle Skeletal/metabolism Tuna Glycoproteins/genetics phylogenetics Glucosyltransferases Body Temperature/genetics Transcriptome human activities Developmental Biology Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Genome Biology and Evolution Ciezarek, A G, Dunning, L T, Jones, C S, Noble, L R, Humble, E, Stefanni, S S & Savolainen, V 2016, ' Substitutions in the glycogenin-1 gene are associated with the evolution of endothermy in sharks and tunas ', Genome Biology and Evolution, vol. 8, no. 9, pp. 3011-3021 . https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evw211 |
| ISSN: | 1759-6653 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/gbe/evw211 |
| Popis: | Despite 400–450 million years of independent evolution, a strong phenotypic convergence has occurred between two groups of fish: tunas and lamnid sharks. This convergence is characterized by centralization of red muscle, a distinctive swimming style (stiffened body powered through tail movements) and elevated body temperature (endothermy). Furthermore, both groups demonstrate elevated white muscle metabolic capacities. All these traits are unusual in fish and more likely evolved to support their fast-swimming, pelagic, predatory behavior. Here, we tested the hypothesis that their convergent evolution was driven by selection on a set of metabolic genes. We sequenced white muscle transcriptomes of six tuna, one mackerel, and three shark species, and supplemented this data set with previously published RNA-seq data. Using 26 species in total (including 7,032 tuna genes plus 1,719 shark genes), we constructed phylogenetic trees and carried out maximum-likelihood analyses of gene selection. We inferred several genes relating to metabolism to be under selection. We also found that the same one gene, glycogenin-1, evolved under positive selection independently in tunas and lamnid sharks, providing evidence of convergent selective pressures at gene level possibly underlying shared physiology. |
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