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Genomic signatures of domestication on neurogenetic genes in Drosophila melanogaster

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Stanley, Craig E., Kulathinal, Rob J.·2016·BMC Evolutionary Biology

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BACKGROUND: Domesticated animals quickly evolve docile and submissive behaviors after isolation from their wild conspecifics. Model organisms reared for prolonged periods in the laboratory also exhibit similar shifts towards these domesticated behaviors. Yet whether this divergence is due to inadvertent selection in the lab or the fixation of deleterious mutations remains unknown. RESULTS: Here, we compare the genomes of lab-reared and wild-caught Drosophila melanogaster to understand the genetic basis of these recently endowed behaviors common to laboratory models. From reassembled genomes of common lab strains, we identify unique, derived variants not present in global populations (lab-specific SNPs). Decreased selective constraints across low frequency SNPs (unique to one or two lab strains) are different from patterns found in the wild and more similar to neutral expectations, suggesting an overall accumulation of deleterious mutations. However, high-frequency lab SNPs found in most or all lab strains reveal an enrichment of X-linked loci and neuro-sensory genes across large extended haplotypes. Among shared polymorphisms, we also find highly differentiated SNPs, in which the derived allele is higher in frequency in the wild (Fst*wild>lab), enriched for similar neurogenetic ontologies, indicative of relaxed selection on more active wild alleles in the lab. CONCLUSIONS: Among random mutations that continuously accumulate in the laboratory, we detect common adaptive signatures in domesticated lab strains of fruit flies. Our results demonstrate that lab animals can quickly evolve domesticated behaviors via unconscious selection by humans early on a broad pool of disproportionately large neurogenetic targets followed by the fixation of accumulated deleterious mutations on functionally similar targets.

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Authors
Stanley, C. E., & Kulathinal, R. J.
Affiliations
Temple University (US)
Corresponding author
Kulathinal, Rob J.
Venue
BMC Evolutionary Biology
Published
2016-01-05
Volume
16
Issue
1
Pages
6-6
ISSN
1471-2148 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2227053449
Cited by
29
References
92
Citations by year
2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 1
FWCI
4.03
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • BMC Evolutionary Biology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • TUScholarShare (Temple University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
Directorate for Biological Sciences (1407006)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
Keywords
domestication, Drosophila melanogaster, relaxed selection, deleterious mutations, X-linked loci, extended haplotypes
MeSH terms
Alleles, Animals, Animals, Domestic, Animals, Laboratory, Animals, Wild, Drosophila melanogaster, Biological Evolution, Haplotypes, Genome, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide

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