Population biology of accessory gland-expressed de novo genes in Drosophila melanogaster.

ABSTRACT: Early work on de novo gene discovery in Drosophila was consistent with the idea that many such genes have male-biased patterns of expression, including a large number expressed in the testis. However, there has been little formal analysis of variation in the abundance and properties of de novo genes expressed in different tissues. Here, we investigate the population biology of recently evolved de novo genes expressed in the Drosophila melanogaster accessory gland, a somatic male tissue that plays an important role in male and female fertility and the post mating response of females, using the same collection of inbred lines used previously to identify testis-expressed de novo genes, thus allowing for direct cross tissue comparisons of these genes in two tissues of male reproduction. Using

SUBMITTER: Cridland JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8733444 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature