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Evolution of the odorant-binding protein gene family in Drosophila

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العنوان: Evolution of the odorant-binding protein gene family in Drosophila
المؤلفون: Rondón, Johnma J., Moreyra, Nicolás Nahuel, Pisarenco, Vadim A., Rozas Liras, Julio A., Hurtado, Juan, Hasson, Esteban
المصدر: Articles publicats en revistes (Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística)
بيانات النشر: Frontiers Media
سنة النشر: 2022
المجموعة: Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat de Barcelona
مصطلحات موضوعية: Drosòfila, Genòmica, Adaptació (Fisiologia), Proteïnes, Olfacte, Drosophila, Genomics, Adaptation (Physiology), Proteins, Smell
الوصف: Odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) are encoded by a gene family involved in the perception of olfactory signals in insects. This chemosensory gene family has been advocated as a candidate to mediate host preference and host shifts in insects, although it also participates in other physiological processes. Remarkable differences in the OBP gene repertoire have been described across insect groups, suggesting an accelerated gene turnover rate. The genus Drosophila, is a valuable resource for ecological genomics studies since it comprises groups of ecologically diverse species and there are genome data for many of them. Here, we investigate the molecular evolution of this chemosensory gene family across 19 Drosophila genomes, including the melanogaster and repleta species groups, which are mostly associated with rotting fruit and cacti, respectively. We also compared the OBP repertoire among the closely related species of the repleta group, associated with different subfamilies of Cactaceae that represent disparate chemical challenges for the flies. We found that the gene family size varies widely between species, ranging from 39 to 54 candidate OBPs. Indeed, more than 54% of these genes are organized in clusters and located on chromosomes X, 2, and 5, with a distribution conserved throughout the genus. The family sizes in the repleta group and D. virilis (virilis-repleta radiation) were smaller than in the melanogaster group. We tested alternative evolutionary models for OBP family size and turnover rates based on different ecological scenarios. We found heterogeneous gene turnover rates (GR) in comparisons involving columnar cactus specialists, prickly pear specialists, and fruit dwellers lineages, and signals of rapid molecular evolution compatible with positive selection in specific OBP genes. Taking ours and previous results together, we propose that this chemosensory gene family is involved in host adaptation and hypothesize that the adoption of the cactophilic lifestyle in the repleta group accelerated the ...
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
وصف الملف: 14 p.; application/pdf
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2296-701X
Relation: Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.957247; Frontiers In Ecology And Evolution, 2022, vol. 10, p. 957247; https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.957247; http://hdl.handle.net/2445/194228; 730772
الاتاحة: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/194228
Rights: cc-by (c) Rondón, Johnma J. et al., 2022 ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ; info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.43481F3F
قاعدة البيانات: BASE