[1].Transcriptome Sequencing Provides Evidence of Genetic Assimilation in a Toad-Headed Lizard at High Altitude[J].Asian Herpetological Research,2021,12(3):315-322.[doi:10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.200123]
　Weizhao YANG,Tao ZHANG,Zhongyi YAO,et al.Transcriptome Sequencing Provides Evidence of Genetic Assimilation in a Toad-Headed Lizard at High Altitude[J].Asian Herpetological Research(AHR),2021,12(3):315-322.[doi:10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.200123]
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Asian Herpetological Research[ISSN:2095-0357/CN:51-1735/Q]

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12
期数:
2021年3期
页码:
315-322
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出版日期:
2021-09-25

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Title:
Transcriptome Sequencing Provides Evidence of Genetic Assimilation in a Toad-Headed Lizard at High Altitude
文章编号:
AHR-2020-0123
Author(s):
Weizhao YANG1; 2 ;  Tao ZHANG3 ;  Zhongyi YAO1;  Xiaolong TANG3 and Yin QI1*
1 Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, China
2 Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund 22362, Sweden
3 Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Life Science, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China
Keywords:
genetic assimilation;  gene expression;  plasticity;  Phrynocephalus vlangalii
DOI:
10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.200123
Abstract:
Understanding how organisms adapt to the environment is a compelling question in modern evolutionary biology. Genetic assimilation provides an alternative hypothesis to explain adaptation, in which phenotypic plasticity is first triggered by environmental factors, followed by selection on genotypes that reduce the plastic expression of phenotypes. To investigate the evidence of genetic assimilation in a high-altitude dweller, the toad-headed agama Phrynocephalus vlangalii, we conducted a translocation experiment by moving individuals from high- to low-altitude environments. We then measured their gene expression profiles by transcriptome sequencing in heart, liver and muscle, and compared them to two low-altitude species P. axillaris and P. forsythii. The results showed that the general expression profile of P. vlangalii was similar to its viviparous relative P. forsythii, however, the differentially expressed genes in the liver of P. vlangalii showed a distinct pattern compared to both the low-altitude species. In particular, several key genes (FASN, ACAA2 and ECI2) within fatty acid metabolic pathway were no longer differentially expressed in P. valgnalii, suggesting the loss of plasticity for this pathway after translocation. This study provides evidence of genetic assimilation in fatty acid metabolism that may have facilitated the adaptation to high-altitude for P. vlangalii.

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