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Formation of hemiclonal reproduction and hybridogenesis in Pelophylax water frogs studied with species-specific cytogenomic probes
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ABSTRACT
Meiosis is a conservative process in all sexual organisms which ensures fertility and is central for producing genetic diversity by recombination and random segregation of parental chromosomes. Yet unexplored mechanisms may disrupt it and cause ‘loss of sex’ followed by the emergence of clonal modes of reproduction. Interspecific hybridization is the primary trigger for this process, but mechanistic basis of the transition to asexuality remains still unknown for most vertebrate animals. To study these processes in water frogs, we performed reciprocal mating between two sexual species,
Pelophylax ridibundus
and
P. lessonae
, and produced vital F1 progeny (
P. esculentus
). The RepeatExplorer2 analysis of low-coverage genomic data of the two parental species identified the
P. lessonae
-specific minisatellite marker
PlesSat01-48
(44 bp), which hybridized to (peri)centromeric regions of two chromosome pairs in
P. lessonae
– the acrocentric chromosome 8 and the chromosome 10 (a carrier of nucleolar organizer region; NOR). Chromosomal mapping combining the novel hybridization probe with the previously designed marker for
P. ridibundus
-specific centromeric satellite DNA showed that the
P. esculentus
progeny do not reproduce sexually. Instead, the F1 generation of
P. esculentus
instantly modified its gametogenesis and established asexual reproduction via hybridogenesis. Gametogenic modifications included premeiotic elimination of one of the parental genomes and clonal propagation of the remaining genome via endoreplication followed by standard meiotic division. The origin of DNA elimination and hybridogenesis in laboratory-produced hybrids supports a hypothesis that
P. esculentus
arises recurrently in nature whenever parental species come into reproductive contact. Based on the observed pattern of DNA elimination in the F1 progeny we discuss the origin and evolution of population systems in water frogs and the applicability of a newly designed chromosomal probe for other
Pelophylax
taxa.
Title: Formation of hemiclonal reproduction and hybridogenesis in
Pelophylax water
frogs studied with species-specific cytogenomic probes
Description:
ABSTRACT
Meiosis is a conservative process in all sexual organisms which ensures fertility and is central for producing genetic diversity by recombination and random segregation of parental chromosomes.
Yet unexplored mechanisms may disrupt it and cause ‘loss of sex’ followed by the emergence of clonal modes of reproduction.
Interspecific hybridization is the primary trigger for this process, but mechanistic basis of the transition to asexuality remains still unknown for most vertebrate animals.
To study these processes in water frogs, we performed reciprocal mating between two sexual species,
Pelophylax ridibundus
and
P.
lessonae
, and produced vital F1 progeny (
P.
esculentus
).
The RepeatExplorer2 analysis of low-coverage genomic data of the two parental species identified the
P.
lessonae
-specific minisatellite marker
PlesSat01-48
(44 bp), which hybridized to (peri)centromeric regions of two chromosome pairs in
P.
lessonae
– the acrocentric chromosome 8 and the chromosome 10 (a carrier of nucleolar organizer region; NOR).
Chromosomal mapping combining the novel hybridization probe with the previously designed marker for
P.
ridibundus
-specific centromeric satellite DNA showed that the
P.
esculentus
progeny do not reproduce sexually.
Instead, the F1 generation of
P.
esculentus
instantly modified its gametogenesis and established asexual reproduction via hybridogenesis.
Gametogenic modifications included premeiotic elimination of one of the parental genomes and clonal propagation of the remaining genome via endoreplication followed by standard meiotic division.
The origin of DNA elimination and hybridogenesis in laboratory-produced hybrids supports a hypothesis that
P.
esculentus
arises recurrently in nature whenever parental species come into reproductive contact.
Based on the observed pattern of DNA elimination in the F1 progeny we discuss the origin and evolution of population systems in water frogs and the applicability of a newly designed chromosomal probe for other
Pelophylax
taxa.
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