Evolution of the recombination regulator PRDM9 in minke whales.
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Publication Date
2022-03-16Journal Title
BMC Genomics
ISSN
1471-2164
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Volume
23
Issue
1
Language
eng
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Article
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Damm, E., Ullrich, K. K., Amos, W. B., & Odenthal-Hesse, L. (2022). Evolution of the recombination regulator PRDM9 in minke whales.. BMC Genomics, 23 (1) https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-022-08305-1
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Funder: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: PRDM9 is a key regulator of meiotic recombination in most metazoans, responsible for reshuffling parental genomes. During meiosis, the PRDM9 protein recognizes and binds specific target motifs via its array of C2H2 zinc-fingers encoded by a rapidly evolving minisatellite. The gene coding for PRDM9 is the only speciation gene identified in vertebrates to date and shows high variation, particularly in the DNA-recognizing positions of the zinc-finger array, within and between species. Across all vertebrate genomes studied for PRDM9 evolution, only one genome lacks variability between repeat types - that of the North Pacific minke whale. This study aims to understand the evolution and diversity of Prdm9 in minke whales, which display the most unusual genome reference allele of Prdm9 so far discovered in mammals. RESULTS: Minke whales possess all the features characteristic of PRDM9-directed recombination, including complete KRAB, SSXRD and SET domains and a rapidly evolving array of C2H2-type-Zincfingers (ZnF) with evidence of rapid evolution, particularly at DNA-recognizing positions that evolve under positive diversifying selection. Seventeen novel PRDM9 variants were identified within the Antarctic minke whale species, plus a single distinct PRDM9 variant in Common minke whales - shared across North Atlantic and North Pacific minke whale subspecies boundaries. CONCLUSION: The PRDM9 ZnF array evolves rapidly, in minke whales, with at least one DNA-recognizing position under positive selection. Extensive PRDM9 diversity is observed, particularly in the Antarctic in minke whales. Common minke whales shared a specific Prdm9 allele across subspecies boundaries, suggesting incomplete speciation by the mechanisms associated with PRDM9 hybrid sterility.
Keywords
mtDNA, Microsatellite loci, Prdm9, Balaenoptera Bonaerensis, Minke Whales, Postzygotic Reproductive Isolation, Balaenoptera Acutorostrata, Meiotic Recombination Regulation, Animals, Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase, Meiosis, Zinc Fingers, Alleles, Minke Whale
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35296233, PMC8925151
External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-022-08305-1
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/336156
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