Long-Term Laboratory Evolution of a Genetic Life-History Trade-Off in Drosophila melanogaster. 1. The Role of Genotype-by-Environment Interaction

Evolution ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 1244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Armand M. Leroi ◽  
Adam K. Chippindale ◽  
Michael R. Rose



Evolution ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 1258-1268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Armand M. Leroi ◽  
W. Royal Chen ◽  
Michael R. Rose


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen Huang ◽  
Mary Anna Carbone ◽  
Richard F. Lyman ◽  
Robert H. H. Anholt ◽  
Trudy F. C. Mackay

AbstractThe genetics of phenotypic responses to changing environments remains elusive. Using whole genome quantitative gene expression as a model, we studied how the genetic architecture of regulatory variation in gene expression changed in a population of fully sequenced inbred Drosophila melanogaster strains when flies developed at different environments (25 °C and 18 °C). We found a substantial fraction of the transcriptome exhibited genotype by environment interaction, implicating environmentally plastic genetic architecture of gene expression. Genetic variance in expression increased at 18 °C relative to 25 °C for most genes that had a change in genetic variance. Although the majority of expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) for the gene expression traits in the two environments were shared and had similar effects, analysis of the environment-specific eQTLs revealed enrichment of binding sites for two transcription factors. Finally, although genotype by environment interaction in gene expression could potentially disrupt genetic networks, the co-expression networks were highly conserved across environments. Genes with higher network connectivity were under stronger stabilizing selection, suggesting that stabilizing selection on expression plays an important role in promoting network robustness.





2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen Huang ◽  
Mary Anna Carbone ◽  
Richard F. Lyman ◽  
Robert R. H. Anholt ◽  
Trudy F. C. Mackay

Abstract The genetics of phenotypic responses to changing environments remains elusive. Using whole-genome quantitative gene expression as a model, here we study how the genetic architecture of regulatory variation in gene expression changed in a population of fully sequenced inbred Drosophila melanogaster strains when flies developed in different environments (25 °C and 18 °C). We find a substantial fraction of the transcriptome exhibited genotype by environment interaction, implicating environmentally plastic genetic architecture of gene expression. Genetic variance in expression increases at 18 °C relative to 25 °C for most genes that have a change in genetic variance. Although the majority of expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) for the gene expression traits in the two environments are shared and have similar effects, analysis of the environment-specific eQTLs reveals enrichment of binding sites for two transcription factors. Finally, although genotype by environment interaction in gene expression could potentially disrupt genetic networks, the co-expression networks are highly conserved across environments. Genes with higher network connectivity are under stronger stabilizing selection, suggesting that stabilizing selection on expression plays an important role in promoting network robustness.





2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Bellani ◽  
M. Nobile ◽  
V. Bianchi ◽  
J. van Os ◽  
P. Brambilla

In a short series of articles, we will review the evidence for genotype by environment interaction (G × E) in developmental psychopathology. We will focus specifically on the characteristics of types of exposure assessed with respect to both their methods and findings. This article aims to review the studies exploring the moderating role of serotonin transporter on the effect of environmental adversities over time, particularly during childhood and adolescence, which is when level of internalizing symptoms and prevalence of mood disorders change substantially. Environmental adversities will not include abuse and maltreatment that have been reviewed before (see Bellani et al. 2012) and child's broader social ecology that will be reviewed in the next section.



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