Run or Die in the Evolution of New MicroRNAs-Testing the Red Queen Hypothesis on De Novo New Genes.

Zhao, Yixin, Lu, Guang-An, Yang, Hao, Lin, Pei, Liufu, Zhongqi, Tang, Tian, Xu, Jin (April 2021) Run or Die in the Evolution of New MicroRNAs-Testing the Red Queen Hypothesis on De Novo New Genes. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 38 (4). pp. 1544-1553. ISSN 0737-4038

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Abstract

The Red Queen hypothesis depicts evolution as the continual struggle to adapt. According to this hypothesis, new genes, especially those originating from nongenic sequences (i.e., de novo genes), are eliminated unless they evolve continually in adaptation to a changing environment. Here, we analyze two Drosophila de novo miRNAs that are expressed in a testis-specific manner with very high rates of evolution in their DNA sequence. We knocked out these miRNAs in two sibling species and investigated their contributions to different fitness components. We observed that the fitness contributions of miR-975 in Drosophila simulans seem positive, in contrast to its neutral contributions in D. melanogaster, whereas miR-983 appears to have negative contributions in both species, as the fitness of the knockout mutant increases. As predicted by the Red Queen hypothesis, the fitness difference of these de novo miRNAs indicates their different fates.

Item Type:	Paper
Subjects:	bioinformatics organism description > animal > insect > Drosophila bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > RNA expression organism description > animal evolution organism description > animal > insect organism description > animal > mammal organism description > animal > mammal > rodent > mouse organism description > animal > mammal > rodent bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > transcriptomes
CSHL Authors:	Zhao, Yixin
Communities:	CSHL labs > Siepel lab
SWORD Depositor:	CSHL Elements
Depositing User:	CSHL Elements
Date:	13 April 2021
Date Deposited:	17 Jun 2021 12:11
Last Modified:	26 Jan 2024 17:01
PMCID:	PMC8042761
URI:	https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/40218

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