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{"title":"Editorial.","authors":"Angelika Stollewerk","doi":"10.1007/s00427-024-00725-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00427-024-00725-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50588,"journal":{"name":"Development Genes and Evolution","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142669724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Women authors in the first 50 years of DGE-contributions and research topics.","authors":"Volker Hartenstein, Tamara Franz-Odendaal, Angelika Stollewerk","doi":"10.1007/s00427-024-00724-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00427-024-00724-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Wilhelm Roux promoted the newly emerged field of developmental mechanics by establishing the journal 'Archiv für Entwicklungsmechanik', currently known as 'Development, Genes and Evolution'. The founder and supporters of the journal were all men, as were the authors in the first 3 years of the journal's existence. We therefore addressed the question-in what ways did women scientists contribute to this new research field and what impact did they have. By investigating the careers and research environment of women authors in the first 50 years of the journal, we show that women contributed to all research areas of developmental mechanics and shaped its future direction.</p>","PeriodicalId":50588,"journal":{"name":"Development Genes and Evolution","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142644899","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Molecular evolution and genetic diversity of defective chorion 1 in Anastrepha fraterculus and Anastrepha obliqua (Diptera, Tephritidae).","authors":"Mariana de Cássia Bisio, Edyane Moraes Dos Santos, Camilla Alves Santos, Samira Chahad-Ehlers, Reinaldo Alves de Brito","doi":"10.1007/s00427-024-00723-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00427-024-00723-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The family Tephritidae comprises numerous fruit fly species, some of which are economically significant, such as several in the genus Anastrepha. Most pest species in this genus belong to the fraterculus group, characterized by closely related species that are difficult to differentiate due to recent divergence and gene flow. Identifying genetic markers for their study is paramount for understanding the group's evolution and eventual phytosanitary control. Because there is variation in eggshell morphology among species in the genus, the study of the rapidly evolving defective chorion 1 (dec-1) gene, which is crucial for chorion formation and reproduction, could provide relevant information for Anastrepha differentiation. We compared transcriptome sequences of dec-1 from two of the most important pest species in the genus, Anastrepha fraterculus and Anastrepha obliqua to dec-1 sequences from Anastrepha ludens, which was used for structure prediction. Furthermore, we amplified a conserved exon across populations of these species. These data revealed three alternative transcripts in A. fraterculus and A. obliqua, consistent with patterns found in other Tephritidae; we obtained orthologous sequences for these other tephritids from NCBI to investigate patterns of selection affecting this gene at different hierarchical levels using different methods. These analyses show a general pattern of purifying selection across the whole gene and throughout its history at different hierarchical levels, from populations to more distantly related species. That notwithstanding, we still found evidence of positive and episodic diversifying selection at different levels. Different parts of the gene have shown distinct evolutionary rates, which were associated with the diverse proproteins produced by posttranslational changes of DEC-1, with proproteins that are incorporated in the chorion earlier in egg formation being in general more conserved than others that are incorporated later. This correlation appears more evident in certain lineages, including the branch that separates Anastrepha, as well as other internal branches that differentiate species within the genus. Our data showed that this gene shows remarkable variation across its different exons, which has proven to be informative at different evolutionary levels. These changes hold promise not only for studying differentiation in Anastrepha but also for the eventual management of selected pest species.</p>","PeriodicalId":50588,"journal":{"name":"Development Genes and Evolution","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142607458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effects of two chd2-knockout strains on the morphology and behavior in zebrafish.","authors":"Tingting Li, Wenhui Li, Fei Li, Jia Lin, Yinglan Zhang, Qi Zhang, Yanhe Sun, Xudong Chen, Shuizhen Zhou, Qiang Li","doi":"10.1007/s00427-024-00721-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00427-024-00721-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The chromodomain helicase DNA binding domain 2 (CHD2) gene is an ATPase and a member of the SNF2-like family of helicase-related enzymes. CHD2 plays critical roles in human brain development and function, and homozygous mutation of Chd2 in mice results in perinatal lethality. To further elucidate the effects of chd2, we used CRISPR/Cas9 to create two chd2-knockout strains (fdu901, 11,979-11982delGGGT, and fdu902, 27350delG) in zebrafish. We found that the deformity and mortality rates of fdu901 and fdu902 were higher than those of the wild type. Developmental delay was more obvious and embryo mortality was higher in fdu901 than in fdu902. However, the embryo deformity rate in fdu902 was higher than that in fdu901. Although there were no significant differences in behavior between the two knockout zebrafish and wild-type zebrafish at 7 days post fertilization (dpf), fdu901 and fdu902 zebrafish showed different alterations. The excitability of fdu902 was higher than that of fdu901. Overall, our data demonstrate that two homozygous chd2 knockout mutations were survivable and could be stably inherited and that fdu901 and fdu902 zebrafish differed in behavior and morphology. These two models might be good tools for understanding the functions of the different domains of chd2.</p>","PeriodicalId":50588,"journal":{"name":"Development Genes and Evolution","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142074474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Zebrafish: unraveling genetic complexity through duplicated genes.","authors":"Maliha Tasnim, Preston Wahlquist, Jonathon T Hill","doi":"10.1007/s00427-024-00720-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00427-024-00720-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The zebrafish is an invaluable model organism for genetic, developmental, and disease research. Although its high conservation with humans is often cited as justification for its use, the zebrafish harbors oft-ignored genetic characteristics that may provide unique insights into gene structure and function. Zebrafish, along with other teleost fish, underwent an additional round of whole genome duplication after their split from tetrapods-resulting in an abundance of duplicated genes when compared to other vertebrates. These duplicated genes have evolved in distinct ways over the ensuing 350 million years. Thus, each gene within a duplicated gene pair has nuanced differences that create a unique identity. By investigating both members of the gene pair together, we can elucidate the mechanisms that underly protein structure and function and drive the complex interplay within biological systems, such as signal transduction cascades, genetic regulatory networks, and evolution of tissue and organ function. It is crucial to leverage such studies to explore these molecular dynamics, which could have far-reaching implications for both basic science and therapeutic development. Here, we will review the role of gene duplications and the existing models for gene divergence and retention following these events. We will also highlight examples within each of these models where studies comparing duplicated genes in the zebrafish have yielded key insights into protein structure, function, and regulation.</p>","PeriodicalId":50588,"journal":{"name":"Development Genes and Evolution","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141856978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The functional evolution of collembolan Ubx on the regulation of abdominal appendage formation.","authors":"Yan Liang, Yun-Xia Luan","doi":"10.1007/s00427-024-00718-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00427-024-00718-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Folsomia candida is a tiny soil-living arthropod belonging to the Collembola, which is an outgroup to Insecta. It resembles insects as having a pair of antennae and three pairs of thorax legs, while it also possesses three abdominal appendages: a ventral tube located in the first abdominal segment (A1), a retinaculum in A3, and a furca in A4. Collembolan Ubx and AbdA specify abdominal appendages, but they are unable to repress appendage marker gene Dll. The genetic basis of collembolan appendage formation and the mechanisms by which Ubx and AbdA regulate Dll transcription and appendage development remains unknown. In this study, we analysed the developmental transcriptomes of F. candida and identified candidate appendage formation genes, including Ubx (FcUbx). The expression data revealed the dominance of Dll over Ubx during the embryonic 3.5 and 4.5 days, suggesting that Ubx is deficient in suppressing Dll at early appendage formation stages. Furthermore, via electrophoretic mobility shift assays and dual luciferase assays, we found that the binding and repression capacity of FcUbx on Drosophila Dll resembles those of the longest isoform of Drosophila Ubx (DmUbx_Ib), while the regulatory mechanism of the C-terminus of FcUbx on Dll repression is similar to that of the crustacean Artemia franciscana Ubx (AfUbx), demonstrating that the function of collembolan Ubx is intermediate between that of Insecta and Crustacea. In summary, our study provides novel insights into collembolan appendage formation and sheds light on the functional evolution of Ubx. Additionally, we propose a model that collembolan Ubx regulates abdominal segments in a context-specific manner.</p>","PeriodicalId":50588,"journal":{"name":"Development Genes and Evolution","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7616481/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141560184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Unveiling the cell dynamics during the final shape formation of the tarsus in Drosophila adult leg by live imaging.","authors":"Shotaro Hiraiwa, Shumpei Takeshita, Tensho Terano, Ryuhei Hayashi, Koyo Suzuki, Reiko Tajiri, Tetsuya Kojima","doi":"10.1007/s00427-024-00719-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00427-024-00719-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Organisms display a remarkable diversity in their shapes. Although substantial progress has been made in unraveling the mechanisms that govern cell fate determination during development, the mechanisms by which fate-determined cells give rise to the final shapes of organisms remain largely unknown. This study describes in detail the process of the final shape formation of the tarsus, which is near the distal tip of the adult leg, during the pupal stage in Drosophila melanogaster. Days-long live imaging revealed unexpectedly complicated cellular dynamics. The epithelial cells transiently form the intriguing structure, which we named the Parthenon-like structure. The basal surface of the epithelial cells and localization of the basement membrane protein initially show a mesh-like structure and rapidly shrink into the membranous structure during the formation and disappearance of the Parthenon-like structure. Furthermore, macrophage-like cells are observed moving around actively in the Parthenon-like structure and engulfing epithelial cells. The findings in this research are expected to significantly contribute to our understanding of the mechanisms involved in shaping the final structure of the adult tarsus.</p>","PeriodicalId":50588,"journal":{"name":"Development Genes and Evolution","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141560185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Highly conserved and extremely evolvable: BMP signalling in secondary axis patterning of Cnidaria and Bilateria.","authors":"David Mörsdorf, Paul Knabl, Grigory Genikhovich","doi":"10.1007/s00427-024-00714-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00427-024-00714-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Bilateria encompass the vast majority of the animal phyla. As the name states, they are bilaterally symmetric, that is with a morphologically clear main body axis connecting their anterior and posterior ends, a second axis running between their dorsal and ventral surfaces, and with a left side being roughly a mirror image of their right side. Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signalling has widely conserved functions in the formation and patterning of the second, dorso-ventral (DV) body axis, albeit to different extents in different bilaterian species. Whilst initial findings in the fruit fly Drosophila and the frog Xenopus highlighted similarities amongst these evolutionarily very distant species, more recent analyses featuring other models revealed considerable diversity in the mechanisms underlying dorsoventral patterning. In fact, as phylogenetic sampling becomes broader, we find that this axis patterning system is so evolvable that even its core components can be deployed differently or lost in different model organisms. In this review, we will try to highlight the diversity of ways by which BMP signalling controls bilaterality in different animals, some of which do not belong to Bilateria. Future research combining functional analyses and modelling is bound to give us some understanding as to where the limits to the extent of the evolvability of BMP-dependent axial patterning may lie.</p>","PeriodicalId":50588,"journal":{"name":"Development Genes and Evolution","volume":" ","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11226491/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140112101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Molecular evolution of transcription factors AF4/FMR2 family member (AFF) gene family and the role of lamprey AFF3 in cell proliferation.","authors":"Difan Sun, Xinyu Du, Peng Su","doi":"10.1007/s00427-024-00717-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00427-024-00717-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>AF4/FMR2 family member (AFF) proteins are a group of transcriptional regulators that can regulate gene transcription and play an important role in cellular physiological processes such as proliferation and differentiation. The transcriptome data of the lamprey spinal cord injury were analyzed in previous research. We then identified a hub gene, Lr-AFF3, from this dataset. Phylogenetic tree analysis determined the evolutionary relationships of the AFF gene family across different species. In addition, analysis of motifs, domains, and 3D structures further confirmed the conservatism of the AFF gene family. In particular, the gene structure of the AFF3 gene was not conserved, possibly because of intron insertion. It was also found that the neighboring genes of the Lr-AFF3 gene had a higher diversity than that in jawed vertebrates through synteny analysis. The results of the MTT and EdU experiments showed that the C-terminal homology domain (CHD) and N-terminal homology domain (NHD) of Lr-AFF3 promoted cell proliferation. In summary, our research will not only provide new insights into the origin and evolution of the AFF gene family in different species, but also provide new clues for the functions of Lr_AFF3.</p>","PeriodicalId":50588,"journal":{"name":"Development Genes and Evolution","volume":" ","pages":"45-53"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140909545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"From bristle to brain: embryonic development of topographic projections from basiconic sensilla in the antennal nervous system of the locust Schistocerca gregaria","authors":"George Boyan, Erica Ehrhardt","doi":"10.1007/s00427-024-00716-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00427-024-00716-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The antennal flagellum of the locust <i>S. gregaria</i> is an articulated structure bearing a spectrum of sensilla that responds to sensory stimuli. In this study, we focus on the basiconic-type bristles as a model for sensory system development in the antenna. At the end of embryogenesis, these bristles are found at fixed locations and then on only the most distal six articulations of the antenna. They are innervated by a dendrite from a sensory cell cluster in the underlying epithelium, with each cluster directing fused axons topographically to an antennal tract running to the brain. We employ confocal imaging and immunolabeling to (a) identify mitotically active sense organ precursors for sensory cell clusters in the most distal annuli of the early embryonic antenna; (b) observe the subsequent spatial appearance of their neuronal progeny; and (c) map the spatial and temporal organization of axon projections from such clusters into the antennal tracts. We show that early in embryogenesis, proliferative precursors are localized circumferentially within discrete epithelial domains of the flagellum. Progeny first appear distally at the antennal tip and then sequentially in a proximal direction so that sensory neuron populations are distributed in an age-dependent manner along the antenna. Autotracing reveals that axon fasciculation with a tract is also sequential and reflects the location and age of the cell cluster along the most distal annuli. Cell cluster location and bristle location are therefore represented topographically and temporally within the axon profile of the tract and its projection to the brain.</p>","PeriodicalId":50588,"journal":{"name":"Development Genes and Evolution","volume":"39 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140831416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}