Proteomic analysis of F₁ hybrids and intermediate variants in a Littorina saxatilis hybrid zone.

ABSTRACT: Proteomic analysis was carried out on the Crab (upper-shore) and Wave (lower-shore) ecotypes of Littorina saxatilis from a hybrid zone at Silleiro Cape, Spain. Proteome profiles of individual snails were obtained. Protein expression in F₁ hybrid snails bred in the laboratory and snails with intermediate shell phenotypes collected from the mid-shore were compared with Crab and Wave ecotypes using analytical approaches used to study dominance. Multivariate analysis over many protein spots showed that the F₁ snails are distinct from both ecotypes but closer to the Wave ecotype. The intermediate snails are highly variable, some closer to the Crab and others to the Wave ecotype. Considered on a protein by protein basis, some proteins are significantly closer in expr

SUBMITTER: Diz AP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9113252 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature