Transcriptomic analysis of growth heterosis in larval Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas).
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Compared with understanding of biological shape and form, knowledge is sparse regarding what regulates growth and body size of a species. For example, the genetic and physiological causes of heterosis (hybrid vigor) have remained elusive for nearly a century. Here, we investigate gene-expression patterns underlying growth heterosis in the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) in two partially inbred (f = 0.375) and two hybrid larval populations produced by a reciprocal cross between the two inbred families. We cloned cDNA and generated 4.5 M sequence tags with massively parallel signature sequencing. The sequences contain 23,274 distinct signatures that are expressed at statistically nonzero levels and show a highly positively skewed distribution with median and modal counts of 9.25 million and 3 transcripts per million, respectively. For nearly half of these signatures, expression level depends on genotype and is predominantly nonadditive (hybrids deviate from the inbred average). Statistical contrasts suggest approximately 350 candidate genes for growth heterosis that exhibit concordant nonadditive expression in reciprocal hybrids; this represents only approximately 1.5% of the >20,000 transcripts. Patterns of gene expression, which include dominance for low expression and even underdominance of expression, are more complex than predicted from classical dominant or overdominant explanations of heterosis. Preliminary identification of ribosomal proteins among candidate genes supports the suggestion from previous studies that efficiency of protein metabolism plays a role in growth heterosis.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
دوره 104 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007