The rise and fall of the ancient northern pike master sex-determining gene

Qiaowei Pan; Romain Feron; Elodie Jouanno; Hugo Darras; Amaury Herpin; Ben Koop; Eric Rondeau; Frederick W Goetz; Wesley A Larson; Louis Bernatchez; Mike Tringali; Stephen S Curran; Eric Saillant; Gael Pj Denys; Frank A von Hippel; Songlin Chen; J Andrés López; Hugo Verreycken; Konrad Ocalewicz; René Guyomard; Camille Eche; Jerome Lluch; Celine Roques; Hongxia Hu; Roger Tabor; Patrick Dehaan; Krista Nichols; Laurent Journot; Hugues Parrinello; Christophe Klopp; Elena A Interesova; Vladimir Trifonov; Manfred Schartl; John Postlethwait; Yann Guiguen

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The rise and fall of the ancient northern pike master sex-determining gene

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The rise and fall of the ancient northern pike master sex-determining gene

Qiaowei Pan, Romain Feron, Elodie Jouanno, Hugo Darras, Amaury Herpin, Ben Koop, Eric Rondeau, Frederick W Goetz, Wesley A Larson, Louis Bernatchez, …

eLife, Vol.10

28/01/2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.62858

PMID: 33506762

Abstract

esocidae

esociforms

evolutionary biology

fish

master sex determining gene

mudminnows

pikes

sex determination

umbridae

The understanding of the evolution of variable sex determination mechanisms across taxa requires comparative studies among closely related species. Following the fate of a known master sex-determining gene, we traced the evolution of sex determination in an entire teleost order (Esociformes). We discovered that the northern pike (Esox lucius) master sex-determining gene originated from a 65 to 90 million-year-old gene duplication event and that it remained sex linked on undifferentiated sex chromosomes for at least 56 million years in multiple species. We identified several independent species- or population-specific sex determination transitions, including a recent loss of a Y chromosome. These findings highlight the diversity of evolutionary fates of master sex-determining genes and the importance of population demographic history in sex determination studies. We hypothesize that occasional sex reversals and genetic bottlenecks provide a non-adaptive explanation for sex determination transitions.

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Title: The rise and fall of the ancient northern pike master sex-determining gene
Creators - without role: Qiaowei Pan - University of Lausanne
Romain Feron - SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Elodie Jouanno - Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
Hugo Darras - University of Lausanne
Amaury Herpin - Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
Ben Koop - University of Victoria
Eric Rondeau - University of Victoria
Frederick W Goetz - NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Wesley A Larson - Alaska Pacific University
Louis Bernatchez - Université Laval
Mike Tringali - Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Stephen S Curran - Auburn University
Eric Saillant - University of Southern Mississippi
Gael Pj Denys - Biologie des Organismes et Écosystèmes Aquatiques
Frank A von Hippel - Northern Arizona University
Songlin Chen - Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology
J Andrés López - College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
Hugo Verreycken - Research Institute for Nature and Forest
Konrad Ocalewicz - University of Gdańsk
René Guyomard - Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
Camille Eche - Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
Jerome Lluch - Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
Celine Roques - Genopole
Hongxia Hu - Beijing Fisheries Research Institute
Roger Tabor - United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Patrick Dehaan - United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Krista Nichols - NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Laurent Journot - Université de Montpellier, Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle - IGF
Hugues Parrinello - Université de Montpellier, Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle - IGF
Christophe Klopp - Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
Elena A Interesova - Tomsk State University [Tomsk]
Vladimir Trifonov - Novosibirsk State University
Manfred Schartl - Texas State University
John Postlethwait - University of Oregon
Yann Guiguen - Fish Physiology and Genomics Institute
Publication Details: eLife, Vol.10
Grant note: Agence Nationale de la Recherche
Identifiers: 9937042109311
Academic Unit: Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle - IGF
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Local Fields: hal-03139073