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ArticleHeredity2013

Natural variation of the Y chromosome suppresses sex ratio distortion and modulates testis-specific gene expression in Drosophila simulans.

A T Branco, Y Tao, D L Hartl, B Lemos

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Article in Heredity, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23 citing papers in PubMed.

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  14. Putative contributions of the sex chromosome proteins SOX3 and SRY to neurodevelopmental disorders.American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics · 2019
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4 authors.

A T BrancoMolecular and Integrative Physiological Sciences, Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Y Tao
D L Hartl
B Lemos

Funding

Evolution of Genome IncompatibilitiesR01GM065169 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI HARTL, DANIEL L · 2003 to 2011
$2.5M
The Evolution of Malerial Antifiolate ResistanceR01GM079536 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI HARTL, DANIEL L · 2007 to 2011
$1.3M
Molecular Genetics of Speciation Driven by Intragenomic ConflictsR01HD060679 · NICHD · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI TAO, YUN · 2009 to 2012
$1.3M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD060679NIGMS NIH HHS GM079536NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM065169NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM079536
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

X-linked sex-ratio distorters that disrupt spermatogenesis can cause a deficiency in functional Y-bearing sperm and a female-biased sex ratio. Y-linked modifiers that restore a normal sex ratio might be abundant and favored when a X-linked distorter is present. Here we investigated natural variation of Y-linked suppressors of sex-ratio in the Winters systems and the ability of these chromosomes to modulate gene expression in Drosophila simulans. Seventy-eight Y chromosomes of worldwide origin were assayed for their resistance to the X-linked sex-ratio distorter gene Dox. Y chromosome diversity caused males to sire ∼63% to ∼98% female progeny. Genome-wide gene expression analysis revealed hundreds of genes differentially expressed between isogenic males with sensitive (high sex ratio) and resistant (low sex ratio) Y chromosomes from the same population. Although the expression of about 75% of all testis-specific genes remained unchanged across Y chromosomes, a subset of post-meiotic genes was upregulated by resistant Y chromosomes. Conversely, a set of accessory gland-specific genes and mitochondrial genes were downregulated in males with resistant Y chromosomes. The D. simulans Y chromosome also modulated gene expression in XXY females in which the Y-linked protein-coding genes are not transcribed. The data suggest that the Y chromosome might exert its regulatory functions through epigenetic mechanisms that do not require the expression of protein-coding genes. The gene network that modulates sex ratio distortion by the Y chromosome is poorly understood, other than that it might include interactions with mitochondria and enriched for genes expressed in post-meiotic stages of spermatogenesis.

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Down-RegulationGene Expression RegulationAnimalsChromosomes, InsectDrosophilaDrosophila ProteinsFemaleMaleOrgan SpecificitySex RatioTestisY ChromosomeDrosophila Proteins

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PMID23591516
PMCPMC3692315

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