A comparison of brain gene expression levels in domesticated and wild animals.
Domestication has led to similar changes in morphology and behavior in several animal species, raising the question whether similarities between different domestication events also exist at the molecular level. We used mRNA sequencing to analyze genome-wide gene expression patterns in brain frontal...
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oai:doaj.org-article:19a76ccef2744b19b7e81d1619aed8c52021-11-18T06:18:04ZA comparison of brain gene expression levels in domesticated and wild animals.1553-73901553-740410.1371/journal.pgen.1002962https://doaj.org/article/19a76ccef2744b19b7e81d1619aed8c52012-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23028369/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1553-7390https://doaj.org/toc/1553-7404Domestication has led to similar changes in morphology and behavior in several animal species, raising the question whether similarities between different domestication events also exist at the molecular level. We used mRNA sequencing to analyze genome-wide gene expression patterns in brain frontal cortex in three pairs of domesticated and wild species (dogs and wolves, pigs and wild boars, and domesticated and wild rabbits). We compared the expression differences with those between domesticated guinea pigs and a distant wild relative (Cavia aperea) as well as between two lines of rats selected for tameness or aggression towards humans. There were few gene expression differences between domesticated and wild dogs, pigs, and rabbits (30-75 genes (less than 1%) of expressed genes were differentially expressed), while guinea pigs and C. aperea differed more strongly. Almost no overlap was found between the genes with differential expression in the different domestication events. In addition, joint analyses of all domesticated and wild samples provided only suggestive evidence for the existence of a small group of genes that changed their expression in a similar fashion in different domesticated species. The most extreme of these shared expression changes include up-regulation in domesticates of SOX6 and PROM1, two modulators of brain development. There was almost no overlap between gene expression in domesticated animals and the tame and aggressive rats. However, two of the genes with the strongest expression differences between the rats (DLL3 and DHDH) were located in a genomic region associated with tameness and aggression, suggesting a role in influencing tameness. In summary, the majority of brain gene expression changes in domesticated animals are specific to the given domestication event, suggesting that the causative variants of behavioral domestication traits may likewise be different.Frank W AlbertMehmet SomelMiguel CarneiroAyinuer Aximu-PetriMichel HalbwaxOlaf ThalmannJose A Blanco-AguiarIrina Z PlyusninaLyudmila TrutRafael VillafuerteNuno FerrandSylvia KaiserPer JensenSvante PääboPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleGeneticsQH426-470ENPLoS Genetics, Vol 8, Iss 9, p e1002962 (2012) |
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Genetics QH426-470 Frank W Albert Mehmet Somel Miguel Carneiro Ayinuer Aximu-Petri Michel Halbwax Olaf Thalmann Jose A Blanco-Aguiar Irina Z Plyusnina Lyudmila Trut Rafael Villafuerte Nuno Ferrand Sylvia Kaiser Per Jensen Svante Pääbo A comparison of brain gene expression levels in domesticated and wild animals. |
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Domestication has led to similar changes in morphology and behavior in several animal species, raising the question whether similarities between different domestication events also exist at the molecular level. We used mRNA sequencing to analyze genome-wide gene expression patterns in brain frontal cortex in three pairs of domesticated and wild species (dogs and wolves, pigs and wild boars, and domesticated and wild rabbits). We compared the expression differences with those between domesticated guinea pigs and a distant wild relative (Cavia aperea) as well as between two lines of rats selected for tameness or aggression towards humans. There were few gene expression differences between domesticated and wild dogs, pigs, and rabbits (30-75 genes (less than 1%) of expressed genes were differentially expressed), while guinea pigs and C. aperea differed more strongly. Almost no overlap was found between the genes with differential expression in the different domestication events. In addition, joint analyses of all domesticated and wild samples provided only suggestive evidence for the existence of a small group of genes that changed their expression in a similar fashion in different domesticated species. The most extreme of these shared expression changes include up-regulation in domesticates of SOX6 and PROM1, two modulators of brain development. There was almost no overlap between gene expression in domesticated animals and the tame and aggressive rats. However, two of the genes with the strongest expression differences between the rats (DLL3 and DHDH) were located in a genomic region associated with tameness and aggression, suggesting a role in influencing tameness. In summary, the majority of brain gene expression changes in domesticated animals are specific to the given domestication event, suggesting that the causative variants of behavioral domestication traits may likewise be different. |
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Frank W Albert Mehmet Somel Miguel Carneiro Ayinuer Aximu-Petri Michel Halbwax Olaf Thalmann Jose A Blanco-Aguiar Irina Z Plyusnina Lyudmila Trut Rafael Villafuerte Nuno Ferrand Sylvia Kaiser Per Jensen Svante Pääbo |
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Frank W Albert Mehmet Somel Miguel Carneiro Ayinuer Aximu-Petri Michel Halbwax Olaf Thalmann Jose A Blanco-Aguiar Irina Z Plyusnina Lyudmila Trut Rafael Villafuerte Nuno Ferrand Sylvia Kaiser Per Jensen Svante Pääbo |
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A comparison of brain gene expression levels in domesticated and wild animals. |
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A comparison of brain gene expression levels in domesticated and wild animals. |
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A comparison of brain gene expression levels in domesticated and wild animals. |
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A comparison of brain gene expression levels in domesticated and wild animals. |
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A comparison of brain gene expression levels in domesticated and wild animals. |
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comparison of brain gene expression levels in domesticated and wild animals. |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
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2012 |
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