Evolution and genetics of accessory gland transcriptome divergence between Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans.

ABSTRACT: Studies of allele-specific expression in interspecific hybrids have provided important insights into gene-regulatory divergence and hybrid incompatibilities. Many such investigations in Drosophila have used transcriptome data from complex mixtures of many tissues or from gonads, however, regulatory divergence may vary widely among species, sexes, and tissues. Thus, we lack sufficiently broad sampling to be confident about the general biological principles of regulatory divergence. Here, we seek to fill some of these gaps in the literature by characterizing regulatory evolution and hybrid misexpression in a somatic male sex organ, the accessory gland, in F1 hybrids between Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans. The accessory gland produces seminal fluid proteins, which play an important r

SUBMITTER: Majane AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11151936 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature