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Mating ecology explains patterns of genome elimination

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Date
14/11/2014
Author
Gardner, Andy
Ross, Laura
Funder
NERC
Grant ID
NE/K009524/1
Keywords
Extinction
Genomic imprinting
Haplodiploidy
Inbreeding
Meiotic drive
Paternal genome elimination
Paternal genome loss
Sex determination
Sex ratio
Sib-mating
QH301 Biology
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R2C
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Abstract
Genome elimination – whereby an individual discards chromosomes inherited from one parent, and transmits only those inherited from the other parent – is found across thousands of animal species. It is more common in association with inbreeding, under male heterogamety, in males, and in the form of paternal genome elimination. However, the reasons for this broad pattern remain unclear. We develop a mathematical model to determine how degree of inbreeding, sex determination, genomic location, pattern of gene expression and parental origin of the eliminated genome interact to determine the fate of genome-elimination alleles. We find that: inbreeding promotes paternal genome elimination in the heterogametic sex; this may incur population extinction under female heterogamety, owing to eradication of males; and extinction is averted under male heterogamety, owing to countervailing sex-ratio selection. Thus, we explain the observed pattern of genome elimination. Our results highlight the interaction between mating system, sex-ratio selection and intragenomic conflict.
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Gardner , A & Ross , L 2014 , ' Mating ecology explains patterns of genome elimination ' , Ecology Letters , vol. 17 , no. 12 , pp. 1602–1612 . https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12383
Publication
Ecology Letters
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12383
ISSN
1461-023X
Type
Journal article
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Copyright © 2014 The Authors. Ecology Letters published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd and CNRS. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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This research has been supported by a Royal Society University Research Fellowship (AG), a Royal Society Newton International Fellowship (LR) and two NERC Independent Research Fellowships (AG & LR).
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/5558

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