Male mutation bias is the main force shaping chromosomal substitution rates in monotreme mammals
- Link, Vivian Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Aguilar-Gómez, Diana Center for Genomic Sciences, UNAM, Cuernavaca, Mexico
- Ramírez-Suástegui, Ciro Center for Genomic Sciences, UNAM, Cuernavaca, Mexico
- Hurst, Laurence D. The Milner Centre for Evolution, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom
- Cortez, Diego Center for Genomic Sciences, UNAM, Cuernavaca, Mexico
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01.09.2017
Published in:
- Genome Biology and Evolution. - 2017, vol. 9, no. 9, p. 2198–2210
English
In many species, spermatogenesis involves more cell divisions than oogenesis, and the male germline, therefore, accumulates more DNA replication errors, a phenomenon known as male mutation bias. The extent of male mutation bias (α) is estimated by comparing substitution rates of the X, Y, and autosomal chromosomes, as these chromosomes spend different proportions of their time in the germlines of the two sexes. Male mutation bias has been characterized in placental and marsupial mammals as well as birds, but analyses in monotremes failed to detect any such bias. Monotremes are an ancient lineage of egg-laying mammals with distinct biological properties, which include unique germline features. Here, we sought to assess the presence and potential characteristics of male mutation bias in platypus and the short- beaked echidna based on substitution rate analyses of X, Y, and autosomes. We established the presence of moderate male mutation bias in monotremes, corresponding to an α value of 2.12–3.69. Given that it has been unclear what proportion of the variation in substitution rates on the different chromosomal classes is really due to differential number of replications, we analyzed the influence of other confounding forces (selection, replication-timing, etc.) and found that male mutation bias is the main force explaining the between-chromosome classes differences in substitution rates. Finally, we estimated the proportion of variation at the gene level in substitution rates that is owing to replication effects and found that this phenomenon can explain >68% of these variations in monotremes, and in control species, rodents, and primates.
- Faculty
- Faculté des sciences et de médecine
- Department
- Département de Biologie
- Language
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- English
- Classification
- Biological sciences
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- License undefined
- Identifiers
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- RERO DOC 305613
- DOI 10.1093/gbe/evx155
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/305970
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