scholarly journals Support for the Adaptive Decoupling Hypothesis from Whole‐Transcriptome Profiles of a Hypermetamorphic and Sexually Dimorphic Insect, Neodiprion lecontei

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle K. Herrig ◽  
Kim L. Vertacnik ◽  
Anna R. Kohrs ◽  
Catherine R. Linnen
Keyword(s):  
Sexually Dimorphic ◽  
Neodiprion Lecontei ◽  
Whole Transcriptome

scholarly journals Support for the Adaptive Decoupling Hypothesis from Whole-Transcriptome Profiles of a Hypermetamorphic and Sexually Dimorphic Insect, Neodiprion lecontei

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle K. Herrig ◽  
Kim L. Vertacnik ◽  
Anna R. Kohrs ◽  
Catherine R. Linnen
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Sexually Dimorphic ◽  
Life Stages ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Major Life ◽  
Larval Stages ◽  
Neodiprion Lecontei ◽  
Sexually Antagonistic Selection ◽  
Whole Transcriptome

Though seemingly bizarre, the dramatic post-embryonic transformation that occurs during metamorphosis is one of the most widespread and successful developmental strategies on the planet. The adaptive decoupling hypothesis (ADH) proposes that metamorphosis is an adaptation for optimizing expression of traits across life stages that experience opposing selection pressures. Similarly, sex-biased expression of traits is thought to evolve in response to sexually antagonistic selection. Both hypotheses predict that traits will be genetically decoupled among developmental stages and sexes, but direct comparisons between stage-specific and sex-specific decoupling are rare. Additionally, tests of the ADH have been hampered by a lack of suitable traits for among-stage comparisons and by uncertainties regarding how much decoupling is to be expected. To fill these voids, we characterize transcriptome-wide patterns of gene-expression decoupling in the hypermetamorphic and sexually dimorphic insect, Neodiprion lecontei. This species has three ecologically and morphologically distinct larval stages separated by molts, as well as a complete metamorphic transition that produces dimorphic adult males and females. Consistent with the ADH, we observe that: (1) the decoupling of gene expression becomes more pronounced as the ecological demands of developmental stages become more dissimilar and (2) gene-expression traits that mediate changing ecological interactions show stronger and more variable decoupling than expression traits that are likely to experience more uniform selection. We also find that gene-expression decoupling is more pronounced among major life stages than between the sexes. Overall, our results demonstrate that patterns of gene-expression decoupling can be predicted based on gene function and organismal ecology.

Multiple Independent Recruitment of Sodefrin Precursor-Like Factors in Anuran Sexually Dimorphic Glands

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (9) ◽  
pp. 1921-1930 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franky Bossuyt ◽  
Lisa M Schulte ◽  
Margo Maex ◽  
Sunita Janssenswillen ◽  
Polina Yu Novikova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Phylogenetics ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
Sexually Dimorphic ◽  
Active Components ◽  
Courtship Pheromone ◽  
Whole Transcriptome Sequencing ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Salamander Species ◽  
Whole Transcriptome ◽  
Efficient Transmission

Abstract Chemical signaling in animals often plays a central role in eliciting a variety of responses during reproductive interactions between males and females. One of the best-known vertebrate courtship pheromone systems is sodefrin precursor-like factors (SPFs), a family of two-domain three-finger proteins with a female-receptivity enhancing function, currently only known from salamanders. The oldest divergence between active components in a single salamander species dates back to the Late Paleozoic, indicating that these proteins potentially gained a pheromone function earlier in amphibian evolution. Here, we combined whole transcriptome sequencing, proteomics, histology, and molecular phylogenetics in a comparative approach to investigate SPF occurrence in male breeding glands across the evolutionary tree of anurans (frogs and toads). Our study shows that multiple families of both terrestrially and aquatically reproducing frogs have substantially increased expression levels of SPFs in male breeding glands. This suggests that multiple anuran lineages make use of SPFs to complement acoustic and visual sexual signaling during courtship. Comparative analyses show that anurans independently recruited these proteins each time the gland location on the male’s body allowed efficient transmission of the secretion to the female’s nares.

Androgen-induced plasticity at a “vocal” neuromuscular synapse

1994 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 32-33
Author(s):  
Darcy B. Kelley ◽  
Martha L. Tobias ◽  
Mark Ellisman
Keyword(s):  
Xenopus Laevis ◽  
Motor Neurons ◽  
Sexual Differentiation ◽  
Molecular Basis ◽  
Neuromuscular Synapse ◽  
Sexually Dimorphic ◽  
Intracellular Protein ◽  
Developmental Program ◽  
Androgen Action ◽  
Clawed Frog

Brain and muscle are sexually differentiated tissues in which masculinization is controlled by the secretion of androgens from the testes. Sensitivity to androgen is conferred by the expression of an intracellular protein, the androgen receptor. A central problem of sexual differentiation is thus to understand the cellular and molecular basis of androgen action. We do not understand how hormone occupancy of a receptor translates into an alteration in the developmental program of the target cell. Our studies on sexual differentiation of brain and muscle in Xenopus laevis are designed to explore the molecular basis of androgen induced sexual differentiation by examining how this hormone controls the masculinization of brain and muscle targets.Our approach to this problem has focused on a highly androgen sensitive, sexually dimorphic neuromuscular system: laryngeal muscles and motor neurons of the clawed frog, Xenopus laevis. We have been studying sex differences at a synapse, the laryngeal neuromuscular junction, which mediates sexually dimorphic vocal behavior in Xenopus laevis frogs.

The Relationship of Digit Ratio (2D:4D) and Gender-Role Orientation in Four National Samples

2007 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan J. Troche ◽  
Nina Weber ◽  
Karina Hennigs ◽  
Carl-René Andresen ◽  
Thomas H. Rammsayer
Keyword(s):  
Gender Role ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Sexually Dimorphic ◽  
Gender Role Orientation ◽  
Left Hand ◽  
Fourth Finger ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract. The ratio of second to fourth finger length (2D:4D ratio) is sexually dimorphic with women having higher 2D:4D ratio than men. Recent studies on the relationship between 2D:4D ratio and gender-role orientation yielded rather inconsistent results. The present study examines the moderating influence of nationality on the relationship between 2D:4D ratio and gender-role orientation, as assessed with the Bem Sex-Role Inventory, as a possible explanation for these inconsistencies. Participants were 176 female and 171 male university students from Germany, Italy, Spain, and Sweden ranging in age from 19 to 32 years. Left-hand 2D:4D ratio was significantly lower in men than in women across all nationalities. Right-hand 2D:4D ratio differed only between Swedish males and females indicating that nationality might effectively moderate the sexual dimorphism of 2D:4D ratio. In none of the examined nationalities was a reliable relationship between 2D:4D ratio and gender-role orientation obtained. Thus, the assumption of nationality-related between-population differences does not seem to account for the inconsistent results on the relationship between 2D:4D ratio and gender-role orientation.

Chemogenetic inhibition of dopaminergic projections to the nucleus accumbens has sexually dimorphic effects in the rat gambling task.

2020 ◽  
Vol 134 (4) ◽  
pp. 309-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tristan J. Hynes ◽  
Jacqueline-Marie M. Ferland ◽  
Tanya L. Feng ◽  
Wendy K. Adams ◽  
Mason M. Silveira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nucleus Accumbens ◽  
Sexually Dimorphic ◽  
Gambling Task

PKA signaling drives reticularis differentiation and sexually dimorphic adrenal cortex renewal

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dumontet T ◽  
Sahut-Barnola I ◽  
Septier A ◽  
Montanier N ◽  
Plotton I ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adrenal Cortex ◽  
Sexually Dimorphic
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