ArticleEvoDevo2018
Maternal mRNA input of growth and stress-response-related genes in cichlids in relation to egg size and trophic specialization.
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- Differences among families in craniofacial shape at early life-stages of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus).BMC developmental biology · 2020Article
- Comparative transcriptomics reveals candidate carotenoid color genes in an East African cichlid fish.BMC genomics · 2020Article
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- Transcriptional study of appetite regulating genes in the brain of zebrafish (Danio rerio) with impaired leptin signalling.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- A way forward with eco evo devo: an extended theory of resource polymorphism with postglacial fishes as model systems.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2019Review
- Divergence in larval jaw gene expression reflects differential trophic adaptation in haplochromine cichlids prior to foraging.BMC evolutionary biology · 2019Article
- Gene expression profiling suggests differences in molecular mechanisms of fin elongation between cichlid species.Scientific reports · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundEgg size represents an important form of maternal effect determined by a complex interplay of long-term adaptation and short-term plasticity balancing egg size with brood size. Haplochromine cichlids are maternal mouthbrooders showing differential parental investment in different species, manifested in great variation in egg size, brood size and duration of maternal care. Little is known about maternally determined molecular characters of eggs in fishes and their relation to egg size and trophic specialization. Here we investigate maternal mRNA inputs of selected growth- and stress-related genes in eggs of mouthbrooding cichlid fishes adapted to different trophic niches from Lake Tanganyika, Lake Malawi, Lake Victoria and compare them to their riverine allies.
resultsWe first identified two reference genes,
conclusionsThese findings indicate that variations in egg size in closely related cichlid species can be linked to differences in maternal RNA deposition of key growth-related genes. In addition, the cichlid species with contrasting trophic specialization deposit different levels of maternal mRNAs in their eggs for particular growth-related genes; however, it is unclear whether such differences contribute to differential morphogenesis at later stages of development. Our results provide first insights into this aspect of gene activation, as a basis for future studies targeting their role during ecomorphological specialization and adaptive radiation.
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