Transcriptomic analysis of cave, surface, and hybrid samples of the isopod Asellus aquaticus and identification of chromosomal location of candidate genes for cave phenotype evolution.
Haeli J Lomheim, Lizet Reyes Rodas, Lubna Mulla, Layla Freeborn, Dennis A Sun, Sheri A Sanders, Meredith E Protas
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Abstract
Background: Transcriptomic methods can be used to elucidate genes and pathways responsible for phenotypic differences between populations. Asellus aquaticus is a freshwater isopod crustacean with surface- and cave-dwelling ecomorphs that differ greatly in multiple phenotypes including pigmentation and eye size. Multiple genetic resources have been generated for this species, but the genes and pathways responsible for cave-specific characteristics have not yet been identified. Our goal was to generate transcriptomic resources in tandem with taking advantage of the species' ability to interbreed and generate hybrid individuals.
Results: We generated transcriptomes of the Rakov Škocjan surface population and the Rak Channel of Planina Cave population that combined Illumina short-read assemblies and PacBio Iso-seq long-read sequences. We investigated differential expression at two different embryonic time points as well as allele-specific expression of F1 hybrids between cave and surface individuals. RNAseq of F2 hybrids, as well as genotyping of a backcross, allowed for positional information of multiple candidate genes from the differential expression and allele-specific analyses.
Conclusions: As expected, genes involved in phototransduction and ommochrome synthesis were under-expressed in the cave samples as compared to the surface samples. Allele-specific expression analysis of F1 hybrids identified genes with cave-biased (cave allele has higher mRNA levels than the surface allele) and surface-biased expression (surface allele has higher mRNA levels than the cave allele). RNAseq of F2 hybrids allowed for multiple genes to be placed to previously mapped genomic regions responsible for eye and pigmentation phenotypes. In the future, these transcriptomic resources will guide prioritization of candidates for functional analysis.
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EvoDevo publishes articles on a broad range of topics associated with the translation of genotype to phenotype in a phylogenetic context. Understanding the history of life, the evolution of novelty and the generation of form, whether through embryogenesis, budding, or regeneration are amongst the greatest challenges in biology. We support the understanding of these processes through the many complementary approaches that characterize the field of evo-devo.
The focus of the journal is on research that promotes understanding of the pattern and process of morphological evolution.
All articles that fulfill this aim will be welcome, in particular: evolution of pattern; formation comparative gene function/expression; life history evolution; homology and character evolution; comparative genomics; phylogenetics and palaeontology
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