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Barbash DA, Jin B, Wei KHC, Dion-Côté AM. Testing a candidate meiotic drive locus identified by pool sequencing. G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2023; 13:jkad225. [PMID: 37766472 PMCID: PMC10627268 DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkad225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2023] [Revised: 08/28/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
Abstract
Meiotic drive biases the transmission of alleles in heterozygous individuals, such that Mendel's law of equal segregation is violated. Most examples of meiotic drive have been discovered over the past century based on causing sex ratio distortion or the biased transmission of easily scoreable genetic markers that were linked to drive alleles. More recently, several approaches have been developed that attempt to identify distortions of Mendelian segregation genome wide. Here, we test a candidate female meiotic drive locus in Drosophila melanogaster, identified previously as causing a ∼54:46 distortion ratio using sequencing of large pools of backcross progeny. We inserted fluorescent visible markers near the candidate locus and scored transmission in thousands of individual progeny. We observed a small but significant deviation from the Mendelian expectation; however, it was in the opposite direction to that predicted based on the original experiments. We discuss several possible causes of the discrepancy between the 2 approaches, noting that subtle viability effects are particularly challenging to disentangle from potential small-effect meiotic drive loci. We conclude that pool sequencing approaches remain a powerful method to identify candidate meiotic drive loci but that genotyping of individual progeny at early developmental stages may be required for robust confirmation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Daniel A Barbash
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Zoology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T1Z3, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- Département de Biologie, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB E1A 3E9, Canada
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Brud E. Adaptive meiotic drive in selfing populations with heterozygote advantage. Theor Popul Biol 2022; 146:61-70. [PMID: 35839925 DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2022.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2019] [Revised: 06/13/2022] [Accepted: 06/14/2022] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
Abstract
The egalitarian allotment of gametes to each allele at a locus (Mendel's law of segregation) is a near-universal phenomenon characterizing inheritance in sexual populations. As exceptions to Mendel's law are known to occur, one can investigate why non-Mendelian segregation is not more common using modifier theory. Earlier work assuming sex-independent modifier effects in a random mating population with heterozygote advantage concluded that equal segregation is stable over long-term evolution. Subsequent investigation, however, demonstrated that the stability of the Mendelian scheme disappears when sex-specific modifier effects are allowed. Here I derive invasion conditions favoring the repeal of Mendelian law in mixed and obligate selfing populations. Oppositely-directed segregation distortion in the production of male and female gametes is selected for in the presence of overdominant fitness. The conditions are less restrictive than under panmixia in that strong selection can occur even without differential viability of reciprocal heterozygotes (i.e. in the absence of parent-of-origin effects at the overdominant fitness locus). Generalized equilibria are derived for full selfing.
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- Evgeny Brud
- Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11790, United States of America.
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Carioscia SA, Weaver KJ, Bortvin AN, Pan H, Ariad D, Bell AD, McCoy RC. A method for low-coverage single-gamete sequence analysis demonstrates adherence to Mendel's first law across a large sample of human sperm. eLife 2022; 11:76383. [PMID: 36475543 PMCID: PMC9844984 DOI: 10.7554/elife.76383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2021] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Recently published single-cell sequencing data from individual human sperm (n=41,189; 969-3377 cells from each of 25 donors) offer an opportunity to investigate questions of inheritance with improved statistical power, but require new methods tailored to these extremely low-coverage data (∼0.01× per cell). To this end, we developed a method, named rhapsodi, that leverages sparse gamete genotype data to phase the diploid genomes of the donor individuals, impute missing gamete genotypes, and discover meiotic recombination breakpoints, benchmarking its performance across a wide range of study designs. We then applied rhapsodi to the sperm sequencing data to investigate adherence to Mendel's Law of Segregation, which states that the offspring of a diploid, heterozygous parent will inherit either allele with equal probability. While the vast majority of loci adhere to this rule, research in model and non-model organisms has uncovered numerous exceptions whereby 'selfish' alleles are disproportionately transmitted to the next generation. Evidence of such 'transmission distortion' (TD) in humans remains equivocal in part because scans of human pedigrees have been under-powered to detect small effects. After applying rhapsodi to the sperm data and scanning for evidence of TD, our results exhibited close concordance with binomial expectations under balanced transmission. Together, our work demonstrates that rhapsodi can facilitate novel uses of inferred genotype data and meiotic recombination events, while offering a powerful quantitative framework for testing for TD in other cohorts and study systems.
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- Sara A Carioscia
- Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimoreUnited States
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- Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimoreUnited States
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- Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimoreUnited States
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- Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimoreUnited States
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- Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimoreUnited States
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- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlantaUnited States
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- Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimoreUnited States
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Fishman L, McIntosh M. Standard Deviations: The Biological Bases of Transmission Ratio Distortion. Annu Rev Genet 2019; 53:347-372. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genet-112618-043905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The rule of Mendelian inheritance is remarkably robust, but deviations from the equal transmission of alternative alleles at a locus [a.k.a. transmission ratio distortion (TRD)] are also commonly observed in genetic mapping populations. Such TRD reveals locus-specific selection acting at some point between the diploid heterozygous parents and progeny genotyping and therefore can provide novel insight into otherwise-hidden genetic and evolutionary processes. Most of the classic selfish genetic elements were discovered through their biasing of transmission, but many unselfish evolutionary and developmental processes can also generate TRD. In this review, we describe methodologies for detecting TRD in mapping populations, detail the arenas and genetic interactions that shape TRD during plant and animal reproduction, and summarize patterns of TRD from across the genetic mapping literature. Finally, we point to new experimental approaches that can accelerate both detection of TRD and characterization of the underlying genetic mechanisms.
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- Lila Fishman
- Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana 59812, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana 59812, USA
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Corbett-Detig R, Medina P, Frérot H, Blassiau C, Castric V. Bulk pollen sequencing reveals rapid evolution of segregation distortion in the male germline of Arabidopsis hybrids. Evol Lett 2019; 3:93-103. [PMID: 30788145 PMCID: PMC6369960 DOI: 10.1002/evl3.96] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2018] [Accepted: 10/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Genes that do not segregate in heterozygotes at Mendelian ratios are a potentially important evolutionary force in natural populations. Although the impacts of segregation distortion are widely appreciated, we have little quantitative understanding about how often these loci arise and fix within lineages. Here, we develop a statistical approach for detecting segregation distorting genes from the comprehensive comparison of whole genome sequence data obtained from bulk gamete versus somatic tissues. Our approach enables estimation of map positions and confidence intervals, and quantification of effect sizes of segregation distorters. We apply our method to the pollen of two interspecific F1 hybrids of Arabidopsis lyrata and A. halleri and we identify three loci across eight chromosomes showing significant evidence of segregation distortion in both pollen samples. Based on this, we estimate that novel segregation distortion elements evolve and achieve high frequencies within lineages at a rate of approximately one per 244,000 years. Furthermore, we estimate that haploid‐acting segregation distortion may contribute between 10% and 30% of reduced pollen viability in F1 individuals. Our results indicate haploid acting factors evolve rapidly and dramatically influence segregation in F1 hybrid individuals.
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- Russell Corbett-Detig
- Genomics Institute and Department of Biomolecular Engineering UC Santa Cruz Santa Cruz California 95064
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- Genomics Institute and Department of Biomolecular Engineering UC Santa Cruz Santa Cruz California 95064
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- Université de Lille CNRS UMR 8198-Evo-Eco-Paleo F-59000 Lille France
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- Université de Lille CNRS UMR 8198-Evo-Eco-Paleo F-59000 Lille France
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Bravo Núñez MA, Nuckolls NL, Zanders SE. Genetic Villains: Killer Meiotic Drivers. Trends Genet 2018; 34:424-433. [PMID: 29499907 DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2018.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2018] [Revised: 02/01/2018] [Accepted: 02/02/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Unbiased allele transmission into progeny is a fundamental genetic concept canonized as Mendel's Law of Segregation. Not all alleles, however, abide by the law. Killer meiotic drivers are ultra-selfish DNA sequences that are transmitted into more than half (sometimes all) of the meiotic products generated by a heterozygote. As their name implies, these loci gain a transmission advantage in heterozygotes by destroying otherwise viable meiotic products that do not inherit the driver. We review and classify killer meiotic drive genes across a wide spectrum of eukaryotes. We discuss how analyses of these ultra-selfish genes can lead to greater insight into the mechanisms of gametogenesis and the causes of infertility.
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- María Angélica Bravo Núñez
- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, USA; These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, USA; These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, USA; Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA.
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A Pooled Sequencing Approach Identifies a Candidate Meiotic Driver in Drosophila. Genetics 2017; 206:451-465. [PMID: 28258181 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.116.197335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2016] [Accepted: 02/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Meiotic drive occurs when a selfish element increases its transmission frequency above the Mendelian ratio by hijacking the asymmetric divisions of female meiosis. Meiotic drive causes genomic conflict and potentially has a major impact on genome evolution, but only a few drive loci of large effect have been described. New methods to reliably detect meiotic drive are therefore needed, particularly for discovering moderate-strength drivers that are likely to be more prevalent in natural populations than strong drivers. Here, we report an efficient method that uses sequencing of large pools of backcross (BC1) progeny to test for deviations from Mendelian segregation genome-wide with single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that distinguish the parental strains. We show that meiotic drive can be detected by a characteristic pattern of decay in distortion of SNP frequencies, caused by recombination unlinking the driver from distal loci. We further show that control crosses allow allele-frequency distortion caused by meiotic drive to be distinguished from distortion resulting from developmental effects. We used this approach to test whether chromosomes with extreme telomere-length differences segregate at Mendelian ratios, as telomeric regions are a potential hotspot for meiotic drive due to their roles in meiotic segregation and multiple observations of high rates of telomere sequence evolution. Using four different pairings of long and short telomere strains, we find no evidence that extreme telomere-length variation causes meiotic drive in Drosophila However, we identify one candidate meiotic driver in a centromere-linked region that shows an ∼8% increase in transmission frequency, corresponding to a ∼54:46 segregation ratio. Our results show that candidate meiotic drivers of moderate strength can be readily detected and localized in pools of BC1 progeny.
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Lindholm AK, Dyer KA, Firman RC, Fishman L, Forstmeier W, Holman L, Johannesson H, Knief U, Kokko H, Larracuente AM, Manser A, Montchamp-Moreau C, Petrosyan VG, Pomiankowski A, Presgraves DC, Safronova LD, Sutter A, Unckless RL, Verspoor RL, Wedell N, Wilkinson GS, Price TA. The Ecology and Evolutionary Dynamics of Meiotic Drive. Trends Ecol Evol 2016; 31:315-326. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2015] [Revised: 01/29/2016] [Accepted: 02/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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